jargoon

[prettygoodword]

jargoon (djar-GOON) - n., a colorless (or sometimes pale yellow or smoky) variety of zircon.


Sometimes also spelled jargon, which is confusing as jargon itself is a completely different word. On the other hand, this almost the same word as zircon: both come from Persian zar gun, gold-colored, but while zircon went through Arabic (as zarqūn) then French (as zircon) then German to get to English, jargoon went through Italian (as giargone) then French (as jargon) to English.

---L.

Comments

[thistleingrey.livejournal.com]

Huh. Is that behind Norton's title as well? (The Jargoon Pard.)

[prettygoodword.livejournal.com]

I've no idea -- never read any Witch World. Is it a golden cat?

---L.

[thistleingrey.livejournal.com]

Yes, more or less--memory is hazy. I think there's a stone, a focus object.

[prettygoodword.livejournal.com]

Certainly sounds possible, then.

---L.