crown jeweln.

Brit.

/ˌkraʊn ˈdʒuː(ə)l/, U.S.

/ˌkraʊn ˈdʒu(ə)l/

Forms: see crown n. and jewel n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: crown n., jewel n.

Etymology: < crown n. + jewel n. Compare Anglo-Norman joialx de la Corone, plural (1422 or earlier; French joyaux de la Couronne).

1. A jewel which forms part of royal regalia. Now chiefly in plural: the crown and other ornaments and jewellery worn or carried by a sovereign on certain state occasions.Unless otherwise indicated, usually with reference to British royalty.

ΚΠ

1643 E. Bowles Mysterie Iniquitie 28 Let the Queen finde a pretence to goe into Holland, (taking with her the Crowne Jewells, which were pawned or sold).

1655 W. Gostelow Charls Stuart & Oliver Cromwel United v. 136 The interest in the Militia is a Crown-Jewel, which God will have thee (O Cromwell) not suffer to be divided from the Crown.

1703 T. Heskith Laphyrologia 21 Should either of these Heroes have the Crown-Jewels of France about 'em, that Officer, or that Soldier..have an indisputable Right to all.

1753 D. Henry Hist. Acct. Curiosities London 67 There are in the Jewel-Office,..all the Crown Jewels, worn by the Prince and Princesses at the Coronations.

1819 W. T. Brande Man. Chem. iv. 142 Among the crown jewels of Russia is a magnificent diamond, weighing 195 carats.

1837 C. Bury Divorced (Paris ed.) xv. 174 This ring..belonged to the late Princess of ——. It was a crown jewel.

1871 W. H. Dixon Her Majesty's Tower IV. xiii. 128 A memorial slab to Talbot Edwards, Deputy-Keeper of the Crown Jewels.

1929 H. V. Morton In Search of Scotl. ii. 46 ‘You have seen the Crown Jewels in London?’ ‘I'll say so! They're an eyeful.’

1970 J. Ellis in W. S. Gilbert Bab Ballads 349 The Kohinoor diamond, over a hundred carats in weight, became a British crown jewel in 1849.

2012 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 2 Apr. 23 The Roundheads melted down most of the crown jewels, returning the gold into the common currency.

2. figurative.

a. A particularly fine or precious thing; the best. Usually in plural.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being the best > [noun] > best thing or person

highesteOE

bestOE

greatest?c1225

pridec1330

crestc1400

primrosea1450

outrepass1477

A per sea1500

primrose peerless1523

prisec1540

prime1579

surquidry1607

excellency1611

nonsuchc1613

crown jewel1646

top1665

patriarch1700

pièce de résistance1793

number one1825

business1868

resistance piece1870

star1882

mostest1889

koh-i-noor1892

best-ever1905

flagship1933

the end1950

endsville1957

Big Mac1969

mack daddy1993

1646 N. Lockyer Eng. faithfully watcht With 104 Angels have much of God in them and with them, he never sends out these embassadours, but he sends the very crown-jewels with them, Christ goeth personally among them.

a1686 T. Watson Body Pract. Divinity (1692) 264 Gods Glory is dearer to him than any thing besides; it is a Crown-Jewel.

1775 A. M. Toplady Free-will & Merit 25 All the Glory of our Pardon and Justification belongs to the Trinity, and not to Man. It is one of God's Crown-Jewels, unalienable from Himself.

1831 S. E. Ferrier Destiny I. vii. 52 Glenroy had long looked with a wistful eye towards this property, which, indeed, was the very crown jewel of the family.

1895 G. B. Shaw in Sat. Rev. 2 Feb. Such crown jewels of dramatic poetry as Twelfth Night and A Midsummer Night's Dream.

1949 S. Warren Farthest Frontier xiii. 270 Oregon and Washington were the crown jewels of the continent, Gardens of Eden where free men could live in freedom and happiness.

1975 A. Kent et al. Encycl. Libr. & Information Sci. XIV. 77 A jewel for its magnificent collections, it is a crown jewel for the unsurpassed beauty of its Michelangelo-designed building.

2000 N.Y. Times 7 Sept. a20/1 Several experts disputed government assertions that the information Dr. Lee downloaded amounted to the ‘crown jewels’ of the nuclear program.

†b. In plural. Sparkles of light. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [noun] > spark or glittering light

sprankle1398

sparkle1490

spunkc1540

sparka1542

scintil1599

glitter1602

star1609

stricture1628

spinther1641

scintillation1646

fanglea1657

scintilla1661

sparkleta1687

twinkle1689

spangle1821

spink1829

crown jewel1851

twink1870

peep1882

1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick c. 488 At mid-day, with a blinding sun, all crown-jewels.

c. slang (originally U.S.) In plural. The male genitals, esp. the testicles; = family jewels n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > sex organs > male sex organs > [noun]

genitalsa1393

jewelc1475

tackle1533

virility1598

emblemsa1625

virilities1646

genitalia1651

button1691

wally1698

family jewelsc1920

basket1941

crown jewel1970

lunchbox1972

junk1983

trouser department1985

package1993

1970 Amer. Speech 45 56 Crown jewels, male genitals.

1987 J. Mitchell Dead Ernest ii. 12 This one's a gelding..he's lost his crown jewels.

2004 ‘S. Jeffries’ Married to Viscount 368 Touch my wife again,..and I'll personally remove your crown jewels with a carving knife.

Compounds

General attributive and appositive, as (in sense 1) crown jewel room, (in sense 2) crown jewel city, etc.

ΚΠ

1826 Morning Post 21 Mar. Works of art..deposited in the Crown Jewel-room.

1871 Pearls from Golden Stream Jan. 6 The Regalia or Crown Jewel Office..is also within the precincts of the Tower.

1903 Burr McIntosh Monthly Apr. And again in January, when he returned this way, on snow-shoes and on sleds, to gain a biding place in the crown jewel lake of all the Northern Wilderness.

1927 Blue Bk. Southern Progress 320/2 Lake Wales, the Crown Jewel city of Florida.

1935 G. Dangerfield Strange Death Liberal Eng. ii. iii. 194 The glass of the Crown Jewel case in the Tower of London was broken by a Mrs Cohen, of Leeds.

1976 J. C. Freund Anat. Merger 9 The so-called ‘crown jewel’ option..enables the purchaser..to buy a particularly desirable segment of the seller's business at an attractive price.

1994 Hispanic Jan. 122/1 The Bolivian people..consider the annual Carnival of Oruro as their crown-jewel contribution to international folklore.

2012 S. Wood Disciple's Guide to Revelation ii. 25 The city of Pergamos in John's day was the third ‘crown jewel’ city, together with Ephesus and Smyrna.., near the coast of the Aegean Sea.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	crown jewel
释义	crown jeweln. Brit. /ˌkraʊn ˈdʒuː(ə)l/, U.S. /ˌkraʊn ˈdʒu(ə)l/ Forms: see crown n. and jewel n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: crown n., jewel n. Etymology: < crown n. + jewel n. Compare Anglo-Norman joialx de la Corone, plural (1422 or earlier; French joyaux de la Couronne). 1. A jewel which forms part of royal regalia. Now chiefly in plural: the crown and other ornaments and jewellery worn or carried by a sovereign on certain state occasions.Unless otherwise indicated, usually with reference to British royalty. ΚΠ 1643 E. Bowles Mysterie Iniquitie 28 Let the Queen finde a pretence to goe into Holland, (taking with her the Crowne Jewells, which were pawned or sold). 1655 W. Gostelow Charls Stuart & Oliver Cromwel United v. 136 The interest in the Militia is a Crown-Jewel, which God will have thee (O Cromwell) not suffer to be divided from the Crown. 1703 T. Heskith Laphyrologia 21 Should either of these Heroes have the Crown-Jewels of France about 'em, that Officer, or that Soldier..have an indisputable Right to all. 1753 D. Henry Hist. Acct. Curiosities London 67 There are in the Jewel-Office,..all the Crown Jewels, worn by the Prince and Princesses at the Coronations. 1819 W. T. Brande Man. Chem. iv. 142 Among the crown jewels of Russia is a magnificent diamond, weighing 195 carats. 1837 C. Bury Divorced (Paris ed.) xv. 174 This ring..belonged to the late Princess of ——. It was a crown jewel. 1871 W. H. Dixon Her Majesty's Tower IV. xiii. 128 A memorial slab to Talbot Edwards, Deputy-Keeper of the Crown Jewels. 1929 H. V. Morton In Search of Scotl. ii. 46 ‘You have seen the Crown Jewels in London?’ ‘I'll say so! They're an eyeful.’ 1970 J. Ellis in W. S. Gilbert Bab Ballads 349 The Kohinoor diamond, over a hundred carats in weight, became a British crown jewel in 1849. 2012 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 2 Apr. 23 The Roundheads melted down most of the crown jewels, returning the gold into the common currency. 2. figurative. a. A particularly fine or precious thing; the best. Usually in plural. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being the best > [noun] > best thing or person highesteOE bestOE greatest?c1225 pridec1330 crestc1400 primrosea1450 outrepass1477 A per sea1500 primrose peerless1523 prisec1540 prime1579 surquidry1607 excellency1611 nonsuchc1613 crown jewel1646 top1665 patriarch1700 pièce de résistance1793 number one1825 business1868 resistance piece1870 star1882 mostest1889 koh-i-noor1892 best-ever1905 flagship1933 the end1950 endsville1957 Big Mac1969 mack daddy1993 1646 N. Lockyer Eng. faithfully watcht With 104 Angels have much of God in them and with them, he never sends out these embassadours, but he sends the very crown-jewels with them, Christ goeth personally among them. a1686 T. Watson Body Pract. Divinity (1692) 264 Gods Glory is dearer to him than any thing besides; it is a Crown-Jewel. 1775 A. M. Toplady Free-will & Merit 25 All the Glory of our Pardon and Justification belongs to the Trinity, and not to Man. It is one of God's Crown-Jewels, unalienable from Himself. 1831 S. E. Ferrier Destiny I. vii. 52 Glenroy had long looked with a wistful eye towards this property, which, indeed, was the very crown jewel of the family. 1895 G. B. Shaw in Sat. Rev. 2 Feb. Such crown jewels of dramatic poetry as Twelfth Night and A Midsummer Night's Dream. 1949 S. Warren Farthest Frontier xiii. 270 Oregon and Washington were the crown jewels of the continent, Gardens of Eden where free men could live in freedom and happiness. 1975 A. Kent et al. Encycl. Libr. & Information Sci. XIV. 77 A jewel for its magnificent collections, it is a crown jewel for the unsurpassed beauty of its Michelangelo-designed building. 2000 N.Y. Times 7 Sept. a20/1 Several experts disputed government assertions that the information Dr. Lee downloaded amounted to the ‘crown jewels’ of the nuclear program. †b. In plural. Sparkles of light. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [noun] > spark or glittering light sprankle1398 sparkle1490 spunkc1540 sparka1542 scintil1599 glitter1602 star1609 stricture1628 spinther1641 scintillation1646 fanglea1657 scintilla1661 sparkleta1687 twinkle1689 spangle1821 spink1829 crown jewel1851 twink1870 peep1882 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick c. 488 At mid-day, with a blinding sun, all crown-jewels. c. slang (originally U.S.) In plural. The male genitals, esp. the testicles; = family jewels n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > sex organs > male sex organs > [noun] genitalsa1393 jewelc1475 tackle1533 virility1598 emblemsa1625 virilities1646 genitalia1651 button1691 wally1698 family jewelsc1920 basket1941 crown jewel1970 lunchbox1972 junk1983 trouser department1985 package1993 1970 Amer. Speech 45 56 Crown jewels, male genitals. 1987 J. Mitchell Dead Ernest ii. 12 This one's a gelding..he's lost his crown jewels. 2004 ‘S. Jeffries’ Married to Viscount 368 Touch my wife again,..and I'll personally remove your crown jewels with a carving knife. Compounds General attributive and appositive, as (in sense 1) crown jewel room, (in sense 2) crown jewel city, etc. ΚΠ 1826 Morning Post 21 Mar. Works of art..deposited in the Crown Jewel-room. 1871 Pearls from Golden Stream Jan. 6 The Regalia or Crown Jewel Office..is also within the precincts of the Tower. 1903 Burr McIntosh Monthly Apr. And again in January, when he returned this way, on snow-shoes and on sleds, to gain a biding place in the crown jewel lake of all the Northern Wilderness. 1927 Blue Bk. Southern Progress 320/2 Lake Wales, the Crown Jewel city of Florida. 1935 G. Dangerfield Strange Death Liberal Eng. ii. iii. 194 The glass of the Crown Jewel case in the Tower of London was broken by a Mrs Cohen, of Leeds. 1976 J. C. Freund Anat. Merger 9 The so-called ‘crown jewel’ option..enables the purchaser..to buy a particularly desirable segment of the seller's business at an attractive price. 1994 Hispanic Jan. 122/1 The Bolivian people..consider the annual Carnival of Oruro as their crown-jewel contribution to international folklore. 2012 S. Wood Disciple's Guide to Revelation ii. 25 The city of Pergamos in John's day was the third ‘crown jewel’ city, together with Ephesus and Smyrna.., near the coast of the Aegean Sea. 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