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GEMMED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gemmed mean? 

GEMMED (adjective)
  The adjective GEMMED has 1 sense:

1. covered with beads or jewels or sequinsplay

  Familiarity information: GEMMED used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GEMMED (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Covered with beads or jewels or sequins

Synonyms:

beady; gemmed; jeweled; jewelled; sequined; spangled; spangly

Similar:

adorned; decorated (provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction)


 Context examples 


Above the temples, amidst wreathed turban folds of black drapery, vague in its character and consistency as cloud, gleamed a ring of white flame, gemmed with sparkles of a more lurid tinge.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)



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