gorgerine

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noun

A necklace, an ornamentation for the neck; synonym of gorget (“ornamental collar”).

Scrabble 11

Meanings

noungorgerine (plural gorgerines)

plural gorgerines

  1. A necklace, an ornamentation for the neck; synonym of gorget (“ornamental collar”).

    A loose red linen dress left her bronze shoulders bare, a shawl of green feathers hung from her arms, and a gorgerine of red, black, and turquoise stones covered her chest.

    2017, Randy Henderson, Smells Like Finn Spirit: The Familia Arcana, Tor Books, →ISBN, page 243
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    A glittering gorgerine—a necklace of layered disks— hung around her neck while, from a circlet of gold around Alicia's head, a rearing cobra stared back at her. She was the picture of ancient royalty […]

    2016, Tracy Hickman, Laura Hickman, Unhonored: Book Two of The Nightbirds, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 26

Origin

  1. Frenchgorgerin
  2. Englishgorgerine

From French gorgerin.

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Cite this entry
APA

gorgerine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gorgerine

MLA

“gorgerine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gorgerine. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gorgerine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gorgerine.

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