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earl
English
Etymology
From Middle English erle, erl, from Old English eorl, from Proto-Germanic *erlaz (compare Old Norse jarl, Old High German and Old Saxon erl), from Proto-Germanic *er?n?, *ar?n? (compare Old Norse jara (“fight, battle”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h?er- (compare Latin orior (“to rise, get up”), Ancient Greek ?????? (órnumi, “to urge, incite”), Avestan ????????????????????????????????????? (?r?naoiti, “to move”), Sanskrit ????? (??óti, “to arise, reach, move, attack”)). Also displaced unrelated but similar ealdorman (“alderman”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: ûrl
- (UK) IPA(key): /??l/
- (US) IPA(key): /?l/
- Rhymes: -??(r)l
- Homophone: URL
Noun
earl (plural earls)
- (nobility) A British or Irish nobleman next in rank above a viscount and below a marquess; equivalent to a European count. A female using the style is termed a countess.
- (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called counts and viscounts.
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- Arel, Elar, Lare, Lear, Rael, Raël, Real, lare, lear, rale, real
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pearl
English
Etymology
From Middle English perle, from Old French perle of uncertain etymology. Probably via unattested Medieval Latin *pernula, from Latin perna (“haunch; a marine bivalve shaped like a leg of lamb”) but also derived from Medieval Latin perla, from Latin perula (“little bag”). Its typographic use follows the name given by Jean Jannon to the type used in his miniature editions of Vergil, Horace, & the New Testament in the 1620s, which were the smallest printed works to his time. Its surfing use derives from the supposed resemblance to pearl diving.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /p??l/, [p????]
- (US) IPA(key): /p?l/, [p???]
- Rhymes: -??(?)l
- Homophone: purl
Noun
pearl (countable and uncountable, plural pearls)
- A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves. It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around some irritating foreign particle. Its substance is the same as nacre, or mother-of-pearl. Round lustrous pearls are used in jewellery.
- (figuratively) Something precious.
- 1606, William Shakespeare, Macbeth ACt 5 Scene 8
- I see thee compassed with thy kingdom's pearl.
- 1920, Herman Cyril McNeile, Bulldog Drummond Chapter 1
- Hugh helped himself to bacon. "My dear fellow, she can think what she likes so long as she continues to grill bacon like this. Your wife is a treasure, James—a pearl amongst women; and you can tell her so with my love."
- 1606, William Shakespeare, Macbeth ACt 5 Scene 8
- A capsule of gelatin or similar substance containing liquid for e.g. medicinal application.
- Nacre, or mother-of-pearl.
- A whitish speck or film on the eye.
- 1641, John Milton, Animadversions upon The Remonstrants Defence Against Smectymnuus, Section III.
- 1641, John Milton, Animadversions upon The Remonstrants Defence Against Smectymnuus, Section III.
- A fish allied to the turbot; the brill.
- A light-colored tern.
- One of the circle of tubercles which form the bur on a deer's antler.
- (uncountable, typography, printing, dated) The size of type between diamond and agate, standardized as 5-point.
- A fringe or border.
- (obsolete) A jewel or gem.
- 1635, Douay Rheims Bible, Proverbs 20:15
- There is gold, and multitude of pearles: but a precious vessel the lips of knowledge.
- 1635, Douay Rheims Bible, Proverbs 20:15
- (euphemistic, vulgar, slang) The clitoris.
- 2010, Richard Knight, Simple Fantasies Can Come True (page 10)
- My mouth and tongue finally find her pearl. Her clitoris.
- 2010, Richard Knight, Simple Fantasies Can Come True (page 10)
Synonyms
- margarite (obsolete)
Derived terms
- epithelial pearl
- keratin pearl
- pearlescent
- pearliculture, perliculture
- Pearl River
- pearly
Translations
See also
- nacreous
Verb
pearl (third-person singular simple present pearls, present participle pearling, simple past and past participle pearled)
- (transitive, sometimes figuratively) To set or adorn with pearls, or with mother-of-pearl.
- (transitive) To cause to resemble pearls in shape; to make into small round grains.
- (transitive) To cause to resemble pearls in lustre or iridescence.
- 1993, New Scientist (volume 139, page 62)
- A Teaching Company Scheme developing new technology for pearling light bulbs was established in October […]
- 1993, New Scientist (volume 139, page 62)
- (intransitive) To resemble pearl or pearls.
- (intransitive) To hunt for pearls
- (intransitive, surfing) to dig the nose of one's surfboard into the water, often on takeoff.
- 1999, Joanne VanMeter [1]:
- Used a pointed tip today and learned why I kept pearling with my round tipped board. Round noses like to dig into the water, causing frustrating wipeouts.
- 1999, Joanne VanMeter [1]:
Derived terms
References
Anagrams
- APLer, Alper, lepra, paler, parle, repla
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