just
/d͡ʒʌst/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 6.43 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adv
Used to reduce the force of an imperative; simply.
adv
Used to increase the force of an imperative; simply, without questioning.
Example Sentences
- "It is a just assessment of the facts."
- "It looks like a just solution at first glance."
- "My lord, we know your grace to be a man Just and upright."
- "Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven."
- "Here is a Proclamation for a Prince: that proclaims him in whoſe name it is emitted [James II of England], to be the greateſt Tyrant that ever lived in the world, and their Revolt who have diſowned him to be the juſteſt that ever was."
- "Looking back over my previously written account of these things, I must insist that I have been altogether juster to Cavor than he has been to me."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European *-u Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwos Proto-Italic *jowos Archaic Latin *iowos, *iowez- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Archaic Latin -tus Archaic Latin iovestos Latin iūstus Old French justebor. Middle English juste English just From Middle English juste, from Old French juste, from Latin iūstus (“just, lawful, rightful, true, due, proper, moderate”), from Proto-Italic *jowestos, related to Latin iūs (“law, right”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew-. Compare Scots juist (“just”), Saterland Frisian juust (“just”), West Frisian just (“just”), Dutch juist (“just”), German Low German jüst (“jüst”), German just (“just”), Danish just (“just”), Swedish just (“just”). Doublet of giusto.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /d͡ʒʌst/
- British English: /d͡ʒʌst/
Usage
Inflected Forms
juster (comparative)
more just (comparative)
justest (superlative)
most just (superlative)
jes (alternative)
jes' (alternative)
jest (alternative)
jist (alternative)
jus' (alternative)
iust (alternative)
j (alternative)
js (alternative)