jewel
verb
No English definition recorded for this entry.
L332067 on Wikidata ↗noun
- gem for personal adornment
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒuːəl/ / /ˈd͡ʒuːl/ / /ˈd͡ʒʊəl/
name
Etymology: From jewel.
- A female given name from English from the noun jewel, used since the end of the 19th century.
“Jewel he called her; and he would say this as he might have said ‘Jane,’ don’t you know, with a marital, homelike, peaceful effect. I heard the name for the first time ten minutes after I had landed in his courtyard, when, after nearly shaking my arm off, he darted up the steps and began to make a joyous, boyish disturbance at the door under the heavy eaves. ‘Jewel! O! Jewel. Quick! Here’s a friend come,’ …”
“"Of course Gladys and Eleanor, having graced the last generation of heroines and being at present in their social prime, will be passed on to the next generation of shopgirls——" / "Displacing Ella and Stella," interrupted Dick. / "And Pearl and Jewel,", Gloria added cordially, "and Earl and Elmer and Minnie." / "And then I'll come along," remarked Dick, "and picking up the obsolete name, Jewel, I'll attach it to some quaint and attractive character and it'll start its career all over again."”
- A male given name from English, a variant of Jewell, or from "jewel" like the female name.
noun
Etymology: From Middle English juel, jewel, juwel, jeuel, jowel, from Anglo-Norman juel, from Old French jouel, joel, joïel, hence French joyau, of uncertain origin. Perhaps based ultimately on Latin gaudium (“joy”), or on Latin iocus (“joke; jest”), or according to Pihan, from Arabic جَوْهَر (jawhar). Compare Medieval Latin jocale. Displaced native Old English māþm.
- 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.
“Iachimo: 'Tis plate of rare device, and jewels / Of rich and exquisite form, their values great.”
- Anything precious or valuable.
“Galveston was the jewel of Texas prior to the hurricane.”
“Wel, wel (Meander) thou art deepely read: And hauing thee, I haue a iewell ſure: Go on my Lord, and giue your charge I ſay, Thy wit wil make vs Conquerors to day.”
- A bearing for a pivot in a watch, formed of a crystal or precious stone.
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Hypochrysops.
- The clitoris.
“The area between her eyebrows wrinkled with the increasing circular motions her two fingers made on her jewel.”
- A jewel box (optical disc container).
“As a collector, I prefer jewels to digipaks.”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English juel, jewel, juwel, jeuel, jowel, from Anglo-Norman juel, from Old French jouel, joel, joïel, hence French joyau, of uncertain origin. Perhaps based ultimately on Latin gaudium (“joy”), or on Latin iocus (“joke; jest”), or according to Pihan, from Arabic جَوْهَر (jawhar). Compare Medieval Latin jocale. Displaced native Old English māþm.
- To bejewel; to decorate or bedeck with jewels or gems.