different between gemmy vs jemmy

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?mi

Etymology 1

gem +? -y

Adjective

gemmy (comparative gemmier, superlative gemmiest)

1. Full of gems; bright; glittering.
   • 1842, Alfred Tennyson, The Lady of Shalott

     The gemmy bridle glittered free.

Derived terms

• gemmily

Etymology 2

Adjective

gemmy (comparative gemmier, superlative gemmiest)

1. (Britain, informal, dated) Spruce; smart; jemmy.

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?mi

Noun

jemmy (plural jemmies)

1. (archaic, Britain, slang) A baked sheep's head.
2. (Australia, slang) An immigrant.
3. (obsolete, slang) A greatcoat.

   • your friend in the green jemmy

4. Alternative spelling of jimmy (crowbar).

Verb

jemmy (third-person singular simple present jemmies, present participle jemmying, simple past and past participle jemmied)

1. To shoehorn, to cram.

   two thousand people jemmied into a stadium built for fifteen hundred

2. Alternative spelling of jimmy (open with a crowbar).

Translations

Adjective

jemmy (comparative jemmier, superlative jemmiest)

1. (archaic) Neat; elegant.
   • 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 209:

     I was agreeably surprised by seeing my young friend and companion, Robert Pott, driving up the avenue in a very jemmy equipage.

See also

• jimmy

References

• jemmy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.