JEMMINESS

Etymology

Noun

jemminess (uncountable)

(UK, slang, archaic) spruceness

Source: Wiktionary


Jem"mi*ness, n.

Definition: Spruceness. [Slang, Eng.] Pegge (1814).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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