Earring

//ˈɪɹɪŋ// noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A piece of jewelry worn on the ear.
  2. 2
    Alternative form of earing (“a manufacturing defect in which the edges of sheet metal form a wave pattern during deep drawing”). alt-of, alternative, uncountable
  3. 3
    jewelry to ornament the ear; usually clipped to the earlobe or fastened through a hole in the lobe wordnet

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ankletarmletbandbanglebeadbeads

Example

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"She tried again to fix the earring into her ear."

Etymology

From Middle English erering, from Old English ēarhring (“ear-ring”), from Proto-West Germanic *auʀahring, equivalent to ear + ring. Cognate with West Frisian earring (“earring”), Dutch oorring (“earring”), German Low German Ohrring (“earring”), German Ohrring (“earring”), Danish ørering (“earring”), Swedish örring (“earring”).

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chandelier earringhoop earringpierced earringslave earring

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