different between jewel vs vajazzled

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

vajazzled (comparative more vajazzled, superlative most vajazzled)

1. (slang) Having the vulva and/or pubic area decorated with jewels.
   • 2010, Tiffany O'Callaghan, "Bedazzling… below the belt?", Time, 5 March 2010:

     As for any potential hazards posed by em, dislodged crystals, Merrill-Nach said that would likely be a bigger issue for romantic partners than for the "vajazzled" lady.

   • 2011, Rachel Shabi & Laura Liddell, "Visitors find the only way is the Other Essex", The Independent, 20 March 2011:

     For a television show to depict Essex as a world of white stilettos, vajazzled women and monosyllabic men is hardly revelatory; after all everyone has heard the age-old jokes about the mental aptitude of the county's female population.

   • 2012, Angharad Llewellyn, "It's J.Lo(ve) Hewitt as actress copies singer's body stocking look", The Sun (UK), 23 March 2012:

     Jen even admitted she loves the treatment so much she makes sure to be vajazzled at all times.

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

Verb

vajazzled

1. simple past tense and past participle of vajazzle