jewel

Meanings

Plural: jewels

Noun

a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry
a person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry
A precious or semi-precious stone; gem, gemstone.
A valuable object used for personal ornamentation, especially one made of precious metals and stones; a piece of jewellery.
Anything precious or valuable.
A bearing for a pivot in a watch, formed of a crystal or precious stone.
Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Hypochrysops.
The clitoris.

Verb

adorn or decorate with precious stones
- "jeweled dresses"
To bejewel; to decorate or bedeck with jewels or gems.

Origin / 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”). Compare Medieval Latin jocale.

Synonyms

bejewel, gem, precious stone

Scrabble Score: 15

jewel is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
jewel is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
jewel is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 18

jewel is a valid Words With Friends word