Re: jewel/jewelry
"Jewel" previously meant any sort of costly adornment, not restricted to precious stones. This sense is preserved in the collective form "jewelry", which includes for instance rings and necklaces of...
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Which is the older - jewelry (US) or jewellery (UK) and when was the distinction made?
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Hard to say. Of these two spellings, "jewellery" edges out "jewelry" by a few decades (1786 vs 1814 in the OED2) but the earliest (14th century) spelling is "iuelrye" which more closely resembles the...
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taking this on a slight tangent, is there a difference between "theft" and "thievery"?
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No big difference, but to me (and I think most people), "thievery" suggests the habit or regular practice of stealing, while "theft" is more likely to be applied to a specific act. Thus one would say...
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"Jewelry" became cemented in American speech with Noah Webster's 1828 dictionary. The spelling didn't originate in Webster's spelling reform movement, but this was one of the changes he championed.
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