earring
n. countablen. a piece of jewelry that you wear on your ear. It usually hangs from a small hole in the bottom part of the ear.
n. an item of jewellery worn on the earlobe or the edge of the ear. Typically requires a piercing to be secured, though clip-on varieties exist.
She lost one silver earring at the party.
He decided to get his ear pierced so he could wear the diamond earring his grandfather left him.
The museum display featured a pair of intricate gold earrings recovered from an ancient burial site, demonstrating the sophisticated metalworking skills of the period.
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”).
Commonly used in the plural when referring to a matching set.