gemminess

English

Alternative forms

• jemminess

Etymology

From gemmy +‎ -ness.

Noun

gemminess (uncountable)

1. (UK, slang, archaic) The state or quality of being gemmy; spruceness; smartness.
   • 1859, Theodore Winthrop, A Companion to the Heart of the Andes, page 41:

     An infinite gemminess of flowers scintillates .along its course

References

• “gemminess”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.