jewel

Meaning

1. A precious or semi-precious stone; gem, gemstone.
2. A valuable object used for personal ornamentation, especially one made of precious metals and stones; a piece of jewellery.
3. Anything precious or valuable.
4. A bearing for a pivot in a watch, formed of a crystal or precious stone.
5. Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Hypochrysops.
6. (slang) The clitoris.

gem

piece of jewellery

piece of jewelry

hidden treasure

fancify

begem

jewel bearing

noble stone

piece jewellery

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈd͡ʒuːəl/

From Middle English juel, jewel, juwel, jeuel, jowel, from Anglo-Norman juel, from Old French jouel, joel, joiel, hence French joyau, of uncertain origin. Perhaps based ultimately on Latin gaudium (“joy”), or on Latin iocus (“joke; jest”). Compare Medieval Latin jocale.

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