cairngorm

[ kairn-gawrm ]

noun

1. smoky quartz.

cairngorm

/ ˌkernˈɡɒrm; ˈkɛənˌɡɔːm /

noun

1. a smoky yellow, grey, or brown variety of quartz, used as a gemstone Also calledsmoky quartz

Word History and Origins

Origin of cairngorm¹

1785–95; short for Cairngorm stone, i.e., stone from Cairngorm Mountains

Word History and Origins

Origin of cairngorm¹

C18: from Cairn Gorm (literally: blue cairn), mountain in Scotland where it is found

Example Sentences

But he had a strong spirit of duty on him; and plodded on instead over the braes till he came near the House of Cairngorm.

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My father was a rubber—a massage man for the Earl of Cairngorm.

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So Kit shook his whip, and the Cairngorm flashed in the sun, and the spirit of youth did the same.

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Cairngorm: a yellow or brown variety of crystallized quartz found in Cairngorm, Scotland.

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We are glad to see that the obsolete Highland Practice of muffling the ears in a cairngorm has been definitely discarded.

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