ninniella
Appearance
Old Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ninna (“pupil”) + -iella.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ninniella f (plural ninniellas)
- (anatomy) pupil
- c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 48r:
- […] fazen della alcohol pora ſanar el albura del oio que ſe faz manziella. & otroſſi la ninniella que quiere salir del por grand dolor.
- […] they make alcohol from it to cure the whiteness of a blemished eye and another for the pupil that is popping out from it due to a great pain.