jargonça

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Old Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French jargonce.

Pronunciation

Noun

jargonça f (plural jargonças)

  1. A variety of zircon regarded as a gemstone.
    • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 100r.:
      DEla primera faz del ſigno piſces es la piedra q̃ a nombre iargõça uermeia.
      Of the first facet of the sign of Pisces is a stone called red zircon.
    • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 102v.:
      Ivpiter a poder sobre la piedra que a nõbre jargonça amariella.
      Jupiter has power over the stone called yellow zircon.

Descendants

  • Spanish: jargonza