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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 sequins
Familiarity information: GEMMED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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