Word: pearl Word origin: late Middle English: from Old French perle, perhaps based on Latin perna ‘leg’, extended to denote a leg-of-mutton-shaped bivalve. Phonetic: pəːl Listen:
a hard, lustrous spherical mass, typically white or bluish-grey, formed within the shell of a pearl oyster or other bivalve mollusc and highly prized as a gem. Example: a linen garment decorated with pearls
a person or thing of great rarity and worth. Example: these things are pearls amidst the everyday
form drops resembling pearls. Example: raindrops pearled on water-soaked windowpanes
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