vigonia
English
Etymology
Compare French vigogne (“vicuña”).
Noun
vigonia (plural vigonias)
- (archaic, chiefly attributive) Alternative form of vicuña
- 1847, William H. Prescott, A History of the Conquest of Peru
- The Peruvians showed great skill in the manufacture of different articles for the royal household from this delicate material, which, under the name of vigonia wool, is now familiar to the looms of Europe
- 1847, William H. Prescott, A History of the Conquest of Peru
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for vigonia in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- Giovani