noun
Meaning 1
A piece of jewelry worn on the ear.
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noun
A piece of jewelry worn on the ear.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Alternative form of earing (“a manufacturing defect in which the edges of sheet metal form a wave pattern during deep drawing”).
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Usage: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
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noun
jewelry to ornament the ear; usually clipped to the earlobe or fastened through a hole in the lobe
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: jewelry, jewellery
Narrower terms: pendant earring, drop earring, eardrop
History
From Middle English erering, from Old English ēarhring (“ear-ring”), from Proto-West Germanic *auʀahring, equivalent to ear + ring. Cognate with West Frisian earring (“earring”), Dutch oorring (“earring”), German Low German Ohrring (“earring”), German Ohrring (“earring”), Danish ørering (“earring”), Swedish örring (“earring”).
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226 source translations are retained for this English entry.