jewel
See also: Jewel
English
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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
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Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -uːl, -ʊəl
- 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 considered precious or valuable.
- Galveston was the jewel of Texas prior to the hurricane.
- c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
- Had our prince,—
Jewel of children,—seen this hour, he had pair'd
Well with this lord: there was not full a month
Between their births.
- A bearing for a pivot in a watch, formed of a crystal or precious stone.
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template..
- (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
Derived terms
Translations
gemstone
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valuable object for ornamentation
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anything considered precious or valuable
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bearing for a pivot in watch
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Verb
jewel (third-person singular simple present jewels, present participle jewelling or jeweling, simple past and past participle jewelled or jeweled)
Translations
decorate or bedeck with jewels or gems — see bejewel
Middle English
Noun
jewel
- Alternative form of juel
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