different between jewel vs vajazzle

English

Etymology

From Middle English juel, jewel, juwel, jeuel, jowel, from Anglo-Norman juel, from Old French jouel, joel, joiel, of uncertain origin. Perhaps based ultimately on Latin gaudium (“joy”), or on Latin iocus (“joke; jest”). Compare Medieval Latin jocale.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?u??l/, /?d?u?l/, /?d???l/
• (Canada, General American) IPA^(key): /d?ul/, /?d?u.?l/
• Rhymes: -u?l, -??l
• Homophone: joule

Noun

jewel (plural jewels)

1. A precious or semi-precious stone; gem, gemstone.
2. A valuable object used for personal ornamentation, especially one made of precious metals and stones; a piece of jewellery.
   • ante 1611, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Cymbeline, act I, scene vi, lines 188–9:

     Iachimo: 'Tis plate of rare device, and jewels / Of rich and exquisite form, their values great.

3. (figuratively) Anything precious or valuable.
4. (horology) A bearing for a pivot in a watch, formed of a crystal or precious stone.
5. Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Hypochrysops.
6. (slang) The clitoris.
   • 2008, Another Time, Another Place: Five Novellas

     The area between her eyebrows wrinkled with the increasing circular motions her two fingers made on her jewel.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:gemstone

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

jewel (third-person singular simple present jewels, present participle jewelling or jeweling, simple past and past participle jewelled or jeweled)

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

Translations

Middle English

Noun

jewel

1. Alternative form of juel

English

Etymology

Blend of vagina +? bedazzle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [v??d?æzl?]

Noun

vajazzle (plural vajazzles)

1. (slang) A cosmetic treatment in which jewels are placed on a woman's vulva and/or pubic area.
   • 2010, "Olly is dazzled by girl fans", The Sun (UK), 2 November 2010:

     YOU have to feel for OLLY MURS – ladies keep trying to show him their vajazzles.

   • 2011, Dan Menhinnet, "Billie Faiers: Posh Spice should get vajazzled", The Sun (UK), 27 September 2011:

     TELLY beauty Billie Faiers has suggested Victoria Beckham get a vajazzle to perk up her sex life.

   • 2011, "The TOWIE effect hits pound stores as sales of £1 vajazzles soar", The Sun (UK), 22 December 2011:

     A vajazzle from a beautician can cost anywhere between £20 and £100, but pound stores started stocking the accessory earlier this month.

Verb

vajazzle (third-person singular simple present vajazzles, present participle vajazzling, simple past and past participle vajazzled)

1. (slang) To decorate a woman's vulva and/or pubic area with jewels.
   • 2010, Mary Elizabeth Williams, "The secrets of 'vajazzling'", Salon, 15 January 2010:

     Discussing her new memoir "The Day I Shot Cupid," debut author [Jennifer Love] Hewitt said that after a painful breakup, "A friend of mine Swarovski-crystalled my precious lady and it shined like a disco ball," adding the imperative that "women should vajazzle their vajayjays."

   • 2011, Amy Childs, "Victoria Beckham is my next vajazzle target", Metro (UK), 27 April 2011:

     'My biggest dream cameo would be fellow Essex girl Victoria Beckham. I'd love to vajazzle her,' she admitted.

   • 2011, "Celebrity Big Brother 2011: 'Spicy' Sally Bercow's Sex Life Slip-Up", Daily Star (UK), 20 August 2011:

     Sally Bercow 41, told fellow Celebrity Big Brother housemate Amy Childs she had no plans to get vejazzled, then teased: "My life is spicy enough."

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:vajazzle.