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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Full of or set with gems.
  • adjective Glittering like a gem.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Bright with gems; full of gems; glittering.
  • Same as jemmy.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Full of gems; bright; glittering like a gem.
  • adjective Colloq. Eng. Spruce; smart.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Full of gems; bright; glittering.
  • adjective UK, informal, dated spruce; smart

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

gem +‎ -y

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