Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gemmed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.33 in modern English

Syllables: gemmed
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Adorned with, or as with, gems.

verb

simple past and past participle of gem

Example Sentences

"After dark it was a beautiful sight to look down on our rudders, from which rushed eddying streams of phosphoric light gemmed with whirling sparks of fire. It resembled (more nearly than anything else to which I can compare it) one of the large irregular nebulous star-clusters seen through a good telescope, with the additional attraction of ever-changing form and dancing motion."
"The linkage of northern and southern Christian concerns is evident in the oldest surviving great golden and gemmed altar frontal with historiated narratives in Sant'Ambrogio in Milan, commissioned between 824 and 859 in an area fairly recently absorbed into Carolingian control"

Etymology

From gem + -ed.

Inflected Forms

more gemmed (comparative) most gemmed (superlative)

Derived Forms

ungemmed

Synonyms

beady jeweled jewelled sequined spangled spangly

Questions

What does gemmed mean?: Adorned with, or as with, gems.
Where does gemmed come from?: From gem + -ed.

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