Jewelries
[joo-uh l-ree] /ˈdʒu əl ri/
noun
1.
articles of gold, silver, precious stones, etc., for personal adornment.
2.
any ornaments for personal adornment, as necklaces or cuff links, including those of base metals, glass, plastic, or the like.
n.
late 14c., juelrye “precious ornaments, jewel work,” from Old French juelerye, from jouel (see jewel). In modern use it can be analyzed as jewel + -ery or jeweler + -y (1). Also jewellery.
The longer is the commercial & popular form, the shorter the rhetorical & poetic. [Fowler]
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