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‖ koh-i-noor|ˈkəʊhɪnʊə(r)|
[Pers. kōh-i nūr mountain (kōh) of light (nūr).]
An Indian diamond, famous for its size and history, which became one of the British Crown jewels on the annexation of the Punjaub in 1849; hence, allusively, any magnificent large diamond; fig. something that is the most precious or most superb of its kind.
1849Thackeray Pendennis lxvi, Miss Laura Bell..had such a sparkling and brilliant koh-i-noor in her bosom, as is even more precious than that famous jewel. 1863A. B. Grosart Small Sins (ed. 2) 34 The tiniest flaw or fracture in a diamond vitiates the whole gem—be it a very Koh-i-noor. 189219th Cent. Feb. 213 The great kohinoor of reciprocated affection. 1897Westm. Gaz. 23 June 2/3 A scene at once so varied, so magnificent... It is, verily, the Koh-i-Noor of spectacles. |