gemmeous, a.
(ˈdʒɛmɪəs)
Also 7 gemmeus.
[f. L. gemme-us (f. gemma gem) + -ous.]
Of or pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling a gem. gemmeous dragonet: the fish Callionymus Lyra.
| 1605 Timme Quersit. iii. 160 There are..in mans bodie..of saltes..vitriolated, alluminous, niterous, and gemmeus. 1695 Woodward Nat. Hist. Earth iv. (1723) 191 The gemmeous Matter it self. 1765 C. Smart Phædrus iii. xvii. (Bohn) 508 And what a blaze of gemmeous dies Shines from the plumage of your tail. 1766 Pennant Zool. (1776) III. 145 heading, Gemmeous Dragonet. 1778 Nat. Hist. in Ann. Reg. 103/2 The fistular bones..are lined within with a crust of gemmeous spar. 1882 J. Hardy in Proc. Ber. Nat. Club IX. No. 3. 493 A specimen of the Gemmeous Dragonet. |