English Dictionary: Jessica Mitford |
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Jacques Anatole Francois Thibault
n 1: French writer of sophisticated novels and short stories
(1844-1924) [syn: {France}, {Anatole France}, {Jacques
Anatole Francois Thibault}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Jacques Marquette
- n
- French missionary who accompanied Louis Joliet in exploring
the upper Mississippi River valley (1637-1675)
Synonym(s): Marquette, Jacques Marquette, Pere Jacques Marquette
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Jacques Monod
- n
- French biochemist who (with Francois Jacob) explained how
genes are activated and suggested the existence of messenger RNA (1910-1976)
Synonym(s): Monod, Jacques Monod, Jacques Lucien Monod
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Jesse James
- n
- United States outlaw who fought as a Confederate soldier
and later led a band of outlaws that robbed trains and banks in the West until he was murdered by a member of his own gang (1847-1882)
Synonym(s): James, Jesse James
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Jessica Mitford
- n
- United States writer (born in England) who wrote on
American culture (1917-1996)
Synonym(s): Mitford, Jessica Mitford, Jessica Lucy Mitford
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- jocoseness
- n
- the trait of merry joking [syn: jocoseness, jocosity,
merriness, humorousness]
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- Josiah Quincy
- n
- American patriot who presented the colonists' grievances to
the English king (1744-1775)
Synonym(s): Quincy, Josiah Quincy
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- juke joint
- n
- a small roadside establishment in the southeastern United
States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox
Synonym(s): juke, jook, juke joint, jook joint, juke house, jook house
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Jockeyism \Jock"ey*ism\, n.
The practice of jockeys.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Jocose \Jo*cose"\, a. [L jocosus, fr. jocus joke. See {Joke}.]
Given to jokes and jesting; containing a joke, or abounding
in jokes; merry; sportive; humorous.
To quit their austerity and be jocose and pleasant with
an adversary. --Shaftesbury.
All . . . jocose or comical airs should be excluded.
--I. Watts.
Syn: Jocular; facetious; witty; merry; pleasant; waggish;
sportive; funny; comical. -- {Jo*cose"ly}, adv. --
{Jo*cose"ness}, n.
Spondanus imagines that Ulysses may possibly speak
jocosely, but in truth Ulysses never behaves with
levity. --Broome.
He must beware lest his letter should contain
anything like jocoseness; since jesting is
incompatible with a holy and serious life.
--Buckle.
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