jus

¹

[ juhs; Latin yoos ]

noun

, Law.

, plural ju·ra [joor, -, uh, yoo, -, r, ah].

1. a right.
2. law as a system or in the abstract.

jus

²

[ zhy; English zhoos, joos ]

noun

, French.

1. juice; gravy.

jus

¹

/ ʒy; ʒuː /

noun

1. a sauce

jus

²

/ dʒʌs /

noun

1. a right, power, or authority
2. law in the abstract or as a system, as distinguished from specific enactments

Word History and Origins

Origin of jus¹

From the Latin word jūs law, right

Word History and Origins

Origin of jus¹

French: literally, juice

Origin of jus²

Latin: law

Example Sentences

Both opera and play distill class warfare down to the aristocratic household, where two just-married servants foil the lecherous count’s scheme to exercise jus primae noctis — right of the first night — on the wife.

From Salon

I am forever and always obsessed with chicken skin jus, so seeing a caramelized one on your menu made me very excited.

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GH: Our chicken skin jus starts with a whole load of chicken skins in a hotel pan placed in our pizza oven for a really long time.

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Once the wine has cooked out, we add more aromatics and transfer the pan to a 350-degree oven to reduce to the thick and sticky jus that glazed the chicken on the plate.

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When the jus is cooled, we harvest the rendered chicken fat and infuse green herbs to make a green fat we then drizzle over the chicken before it goes out to the guest.

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Related Words

• dressing
• flavoring
• gravy
• relish