Definitions
art highly prized for its beauty or perfection
Word origin
Inherited from Middle English gemme, gimme, yimme, ȝimme, from Old English ġimm, from Proto-West Germanic *gimmu (“gem”) and Old French gemme (“gem”), both from Latin gemma (“a swelling bud; jewel, gem”). Doublet of gemma and Gemma.
Used in a sentence
“And on her head she wore a tyre of gold, Adornd with gemmes and owches wondrous fayre, Whose passing price vneath was to be told;”
“Of six preceding ancestors, that gem, Conferr’d by testament to the sequent issue, Hath it been owed and worn. This is his wife; That ring’s a thousand proofs.”
“[…] then silent Night With this her solemn Bird and this fair Moon, And these the Gemms of Heav’n, her starrie train:”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer15 curated clues
01“Cut precious stone”3 letters
02“Faceted jewel”3 letters
03“Jewel”3 letters
04“Jewel in a ring”3 letters
05“Jeweler's stone”3 letters
06“Jewelry stone”3 letters
07“Polished jewel”3 letters
08“Polished precious stone”3 letters
09“Ring jewel”3 letters
10“Ring stone”3 letters
11“Sparkling stone”3 letters
12“Sparkling stone in jewelry”3 letters
13“Stone in jewelry”3 letters
14“Treasure”3 letters
15“Precious stone”3 letters
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