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jewel

je·wel

UK/ˈd͡ʒuːəl/ US/ˈd͡ʒuːl/ fairly common informal slang
noun (2) verb (1)

noun

1.
2.

a person who is a brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry

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verb

1.

adorn or decorate with precious stones

  • “jeweled dresses”
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Origin

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.

Phrases

  • crown jewel
  • ditch jewel
  • jewel anemone
  • jewel bearing
  • jewel beetle
  • jewel block
  • jewel box
  • jewel bug

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