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Etymology
Borrowed from Irish cam.
Pronunciation
Adjective
caam
- crooked
1927, “LAMENT OF A WIDOW”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, line 5:An Brogeen ee-dreut in a well o Caam Stone.- And 'Brogeen' drowned in the well of Camstone.
Derived terms
References
- Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 130