judicial
/d͡ʒuˈdɪʃəl/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.14 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or relating to the administration of justice.
adj
Of or relating to the court system or the judicial branch of government.
noun
That branch of government which is responsible for maintaining the courts of law and for the administration of justice.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
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 Latin iūs Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *déyḱs Proto-Italic *-diks Latin iūdex Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin iūdicō Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Latin iūdicium Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin iūdiciālisbor. English judicial Borrowed from Latin iūdiciālis.
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Law.
Inflected Forms
more judicial (comparative)
most judicial (superlative)