Jemmy
See also: jemmy
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɛmi
Proper noun edit
Jemmy
- A diminutive of the male given name James.
- 1513, John Skelton, Agaynst the Scottes; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 116, lines 49–51:
- Joly Jemmy, [i.e. James IV of Scotland] ye scornefull Scot,
Is it come unto your lot
A solempne sumner for to be?