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单词 jacounce
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jacouncejagouncen.

Forms: Also Middle English iaconct.
Etymology: < Old French jacunce (Roland , 11th cent.), jagonce ( Rom. Rose) < popular Latin type iacuntius for *hiacyntius , in classical Latin hyacinthius (sc. lapis ), adjective < hyacinthus . With jaconct compare jacinct , jacynct under jacinth n.
Obsolete.
The jacinth or hyacinth (precious stone).
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > less identifiable gems > [noun] > red or orange stone
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?a1366 Romaunt Rose 1117 Rubyes there were, saphires, iagounces [Fr. Rubis i ot, saphirs, iagonces], And emeraudes, more than two ounces.
?a1400 J. Lydgate Chorle & Bird (Roxb.) 12 Ther is a stone whiche callid is a Iagounce..Whiche of fyn gold peyseth an once.
?c1400 J. Lydgate Æsop's Fab. i. 54 Hid in the dunghill he founde a Iaconct [editor Jaconet, v.r. iacynct] stone.
?c1400 J. Lydgate Æsop's Fab. i. 99 The best Iaconct in Ethiope is founde.
a1529 J. Skelton Speke Parrot in Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 18 More precious then the ryche jacounce.
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