THE FIRST WORD

jargoon

PRONUNCIATION:

(jahr-GOON) 

MEANING:

noun: A colorless, pale yellow, or smoky variety of zircon.

ETYMOLOGY:

From French jargon, from Italian giargone, from Persian zargun (golden). Earliest documented use: 1769.

USAGE:

"The genial jeweler then suggested white jargoon."
P.G. Wodehouse; The Intrusion of Jimmy; W.J. Watt and Co.; 1910.