ximia

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Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin simia. Compare Modern Spanish simio.

Noun

ximia f

  1. monkey
    • 1350, anonymous author, edited by María Teresa Herrera and María Nieves Sánchez, Traducción de la "Historia de Jerusalem abreviada" de Jacobo de Vitriaco, Salamanca: Universidad de Salamanca, published 2000:
      La ximia, si pariere dos fijos, al uno aborreçe & al otro quiere bien
      The female monkey, if it brought forth two children, one is abandoned and one is loved