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 answer12 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
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