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gemstone

gems·tone

US/ˈd͡ʒɛmˌstoʊn/ rare

noun

1.

a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry

  • “he had the gem set in a ring for his wife”
  • “she had jewels made of all the rarest stones”
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From Middle English gimstone, alteration (due to Middle English gemme) of earlier ȝimston, ȝimstan, from Old English ġimstān, ġymstān (“gem; jewel; precious stone”), equivalent to gem + stone. Compare Icelandic gimsteinn (“jewel; gem”), Faroese gimsteinur (“jewel, precious stone”).

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