Earring
/ˈɪɹɪŋ/ noun
noun ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A piece of jewelry worn on the ear.
- 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 jewelry to ornament the ear; usually clipped to the earlobe or fastened through a hole in the lobe wordnet
Example
More examples"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”).