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jewel
English
Etymology
From Middle English juel, jewel, juwel, jeuel, jowel, from Anglo-Norman juel, from Old French jouel, joel, joiel, of uncertain origin. Perhaps based ultimately on Latin gaudium (“joy”), or on Latin iocus (“joke; jest”). Compare Medieval Latin jocale.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?d?u??l/, /?d?u?l/, /?d???l/
- (Canada, General American) IPA(key): /d?ul/, /?d?u.?l/
- Rhymes: -u?l, -??l
- Homophone: joule
Noun
jewel (plural jewels)
- A precious or semi-precious stone; gem, gemstone.
- A valuable object used for personal ornamentation, especially one made of precious metals and stones; a piece of jewellery.
- ante 1611, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Cymbeline, act I, scene vi, lines 188–9:
- Iachimo: 'Tis plate of rare device, and jewels / Of rich and exquisite form, their values great.
- ante 1611, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Cymbeline, act I, scene vi, lines 188–9:
- (figuratively) Anything precious or valuable.
- (horology) A bearing for a pivot in a watch, formed of a crystal or precious stone.
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Hypochrysops.
- (slang) The clitoris.
- 2008, Another Time, Another Place: Five Novellas
- The area between her eyebrows wrinkled with the increasing circular motions her two fingers made on her jewel.
- 2008, Another Time, Another Place: Five Novellas
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:gemstone
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
jewel (third-person singular simple present jewels, present participle jewelling or jeweling, simple past and past participle jewelled or jeweled)
- To bejewel; to decorate or bedeck with jewels or gems.
Translations
Middle English
Noun
jewel
- Alternative form of juel
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jewelery
English
Noun
jewelery
- Misspelling of jewellery. (UK)
- Misspelling of jewelry. (US)
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