gemmed

English

Etymology

From gem +‎ -ed.

Adjective

gemmed (comparative more gemmed, superlative most gemmed)

  1. Adorned with gems.
    • 2011, Ian Levy, Gary Macy, Kristen Van Ausdall, A Companion to the Eucharist in the Middle Ages, page 251:
      The linkage of northern and southern Christian concerns is evident in the oldest surviving great golden and gemmed altar frontal with historiated narratives in Sant'Ambrogio in Milan, commissioned between 824 and 859 in an area fairly recently absorbed into Carolingian control

Derived terms

Verb

gemmed

  1. simple past and past participle of gem
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