Jewel Definition

jo͝oəl
jeweled, jeweling, jewelled, jewelling, jewels
noun
jewels
A precious stone; gem.
Webster's New World
A valuable ring, pin, necklace, etc., esp. one set with a gem or gems.
Webster's New World
Any person or thing that is very precious or valuable.
Webster's New World
A small gem or hard, gemlike bit, used as one of the bearings in a watch.
Webster's New World
One that is treasured or esteemed.
American Heritage
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verb
jeweled, jewelled, jewelling
To decorate or set with jewels.
Webster's New World
To fit with jewels.
American Heritage

To bejewel; to decorate or bedeck with jewels or gems.

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pronoun
A female given name from the noun jewel, used since the end of the 19th century.
Wiktionary

A male given name, a variant of Jewell, or from "jewel" like the female name.

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Other Word Forms of Jewel

Noun

Singular:
jewel
Plural:
jewels

Origin of Jewel

  • Middle English juel from Anglo-Norman perhaps from Vulgar Latin iocāle from neuter of *iocālis of play from Latin iocus joke yek- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Anglo-Norman juel, from Old French jouel (modern joyau), based ultimately on Latin iocus (“joke, jest”).

    From Wiktionary

Jewel Sentence Examples

  • After five years of government service he resigned to become a jewel merchant.

  • Jewel tones are favored in ballroom dress.

  • Bibliography.-Sir Thomas Urquhart's Discovery of a most excellent jewel (1652; reprinted in the Maitland Club's edition of Urquhart's Works in 1834) is written with the express purpose of glorifying Scotland.

  • In 1565, like many other English exiles, he made his headquarters at Louvain, and after a visit to the Imperial Diet at Augsburg in 1566, in attendance upon Commendone, who had been largely instrumental in the reconciliation of England with Rome in Mary's reign, he threw himself into the literary controversy between Bishop Jewel (q.v.) and Harding.

  • There was also found here, in 1693, the celebrated Alfred jewel, bearing his name, and preserved in the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford.

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Words Starting With

JJEJEW

Words Ending With

LELWEL

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Words Starting With J and Ending With L

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