GEM
(also see JEWEL)
ADJECTIVES
► GEMMARY concerned with or skilled in gems → 1382 obs.
► GEMMEOUS pert. to a gem → 1605
► GEMMIFEROUS producing gems → 1656
► ORIENT applied to pearls and precious stones of superior value and brilliancy, as coming anciently from the East; precious, excellent; brilliant, lustrous, sparkling → c1400
► ORIENTAL applied to pearls and precious stones → c1385
► PERQUISQUILIAN thoroughly trifling or worthless → 1647 obs.
NOUNS
► GEMMERY gems as an object of connoisseurship → 1840
► GEMMOLOGY n. the science of gems → 1811
► GEMMOSITY the quality of being a jewel; an abundance of precious stones → 1656 obs.
► ORIENTAL an oriental pearl or other gem → 1377 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► DACTYLIOGLYPH an engraver of gems for finger-rings → 1850
► DACTYLIOGLYPHIST an engraver of gems for finger-rings → 1850
► DACTYLIOGRAPHER one who describes finger-rings, engraved seals, etc. → 1872
► GEMMARY an engraver of gems; a jeweller → 1382 obs.
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