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Synonyms for jewels

Grammar : Noun
Spell : joo-uh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒu əl

Top 10 synonyms for jewels
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Définition of jewels

Origin :
  • late 13c., "article of value used for adornment," from Anglo-French juel, Old French jouel "ornament, jewel" (12c.), perhaps from Medieval Latin jocale, from Latin jocus "pastime, sport," in Vulgar Latin "that which causes joy" (see joke (n.)). Another theory traces it to Latin gaudium, also with a notion of "rejoice" (see joy).
  • Sense of "precious stone" developed early 14c. Meaning "beloved person, admired woman" is late 14c. Colloquial family jewels "testicles" is from 1920s, but jewel as "testicle" dates to late 15c.
  • noun precious stone
  • noun something, someone precious
Example sentences :
  • Then there would be jewels such as she had longed for, a portrait by Chartran, she thought.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • In all the stand up there, wit' their flounces and jewels, there isn't a lady like her.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • Off he marched with the jewels, and that was the last that the pirate saw of his Indian treasure.
  • Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle
  • She was very beautifully attired, and jewels glistened from her hair and throat.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • Perhaps long ago, one of these queens had kept her jewels in them.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall
  • But, Mr. Kirkwood, she must have known the jewels were not hers.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • Each sent the other rich gifts of jewels, horses and hounds.
  • Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
  • "That I have the jewels," he told her tersely, looking straight ahead.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • I'm inclined to question, furthermore, the assertion that these jewels were your mother's.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • Both the stones come from a set of jewels which I once gave my wife.
  • Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler
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