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Jewel
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- 1 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,’ …"
- 2 A male given name from English, a variant of Jewell, or from "jewel" like the female name.
- 1 A precious or semi-precious stone; gem, gemstone.
- 2 a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry wordnet
- 3 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."
- 4 a person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry wordnet
- 5 Anything precious or valuable. figuratively
"Galveston was the jewel of Texas prior to the hurricane."
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- 6 A bearing for a pivot in a watch, formed of a crystal or precious stone.
- 7 Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Hypochrysops.
- 8 The clitoris. slang
"The area between her eyebrows wrinkled with the increasing circular motions her two fingers made on her jewel."
- 1 To bejewel; to decorate or bedeck with jewels or gems.
- 2 adorn or decorate with precious stones wordnet
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.
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.
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