gemmary
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Late Latin gemmarius.
Adjective[edit]
gemmary (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Of or pertaining to gems.
- 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
- The principal and most gemmary affection is its tralucency
Noun[edit]
gemmary (plural not attested)
- (obsolete) A jeweller.
- (obsolete) Jewellery.
- 1846, Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado:
- In painting and gemmary, Fortunato, like his countrymen, was a quack, but in the matter of old wines he was sincere.