cairngorm

[ kairn-gawrm ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

cairngorm

/ ˈkɛənˌɡɔːm; ˌkernˈɡɒrm /

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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