semiprecious
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- adjective
- /ˌsɛmiˈprɛʃəs/
- The Serenissima was a fifteenth-century prayer book adorned with gold leaf, semiprecious stones, and lots of bright enamel.
- semiprecious stones
Examples
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Opening her purse, she handed him a silver bracelet set with semiprecious stones.
Fiction book (1995) -
A gold and semiprecious stone bracelet was brought from Japan to the United States following the end of WWII.
Blog text (25) -
You find a necklace of semiprecious stones that takes your fancy.
Fiction book (2002) -
" These are semiprecious, suitable for good costume jewelry.
Fiction book (1991) -
The guy who sold me this said these keys were inlaid with semiprecious stones.
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There was also a necklace of filigreed beads in some dark, dense wood, and a bracelet of semiprecious stones bound in a crude silver setting.
Fiction book (1994) -
They were also skilled and artistic craftsmen, creating jewelry, statuettes, and religious symbols, such as double axes, from gold, silver, and semiprecious stones.
Academic text (2010) -
The city must have seethed with activity, for archaeologists have unearthed abundant evidence of metalworking, textile manufacturing, and semiprecious gem working.
Academic text (2004) -
In your pocket is the necklace you bought earlier, teardrops of semiprecious stones on a silver chain: agate, jasper, tiger's eye, amber, moonstone, and a few things you don't recognize, clear colors, smooth to the fingers.
Fiction book (2002) -
The necklace was beautifully crafted with a variety of semiprecious stones like amethyst and turquoise.
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Etymology
Semiprecious comes from the prefix semi-, meaning 'half' or 'partly', and precious, meaning 'valuable' or 'costly'. So a semiprecious stone is 'partly valuable'—pretty and useful but usually less expensive than diamonds, rubies, or other 'precious' gems.