estranno

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Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin extrāneus (strange, foreign), from extrā (outside).

Pronunciation

Adjective

estranno m (feminine estranna, masculine plural estrannos, feminine plural extrannas)

  1. strange, peculiar
    • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 9r:
      Et aun a otra uertud muy eſtranna. que ſi la molierẽ ⁊ la amaſſaren cõ uino ⁊ fizierẽ della como bellota. ⁊ la puſieren en la natura dela mugier, uieda que no enprenne.
      And it has yet another very strange virtue; that if it were to be ground and mixed with wine and shaped like an acorn, and put inside the vulva of the woman, it would prevent her from not becoming pregnant.

Descendants

  • Spanish: extraño