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aymant

aymant

Old Spanish

Noun

aymant m (plural aymantes)

  1. apocopic form of aymante (magnet)
    • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 1v.
      Dela piedra aque llaman magnitat en caldeo ¬ en arauigo. ¬ en latin magnetes. ¬ en lenguage caſtellano aymant.
      Of the stone they call magnitat in Chaldean and Arabic, and magnetes in Latin, and aymant [magnet] in the Castilian language.

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