ximio

See also: ximío and ximió

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin sīmius, from sīmia (“ape, monkey”), from sīmus (“flat-nosed”), from Ancient Greek σῑμός (sīmós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃimjo/

Noun

ximio m (plural ximios)

1. ape, monkey
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 98v:

     Et que deſcenda ſobreſta piedra la uertud de figura de om̃e que lieua dos uacas. ⁊ un ximio ⁊ un oſſo ante ſi.

     And when over this stone descends the virtue of the figure of the man who has two cows, a monkey and a bear before him.

Related terms

• ximia

Descendants

• Spanish: jimio