gemminess

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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

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