English
gorgerine
Gorgerine comes from French gorgerin ‘gorget’.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentgorgerin‘gorget’
- Englishearliest quotation 2016gorgerine
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentgorgerin‘gorget’
- Englishearliest quotation 2016gorgerine
Earliest quotation: 2016, Tracy Hickman, Laura Hickman: “A glittering gorgerine—a necklace of layered disks— hung around…”
Every English word from French gorgerin
Today it means
noun A necklace, an ornamentation for the neck; synonym of gorget (“ornamental collar”).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French gorgerin / gorgerine