earring

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   jewelry to ornament the ear

2. 2
   noun

   A piece of jewelry worn on the ear.

3. 3
   noun

   Alternative form of earing (“a manufacturing defect in which the edges of sheet metal form a wave pattern during deep drawing”).

Etymology

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”).