The Wordsmith Dictionary

Ja ¦cobs |ˈdʒeɪkəbz | (1863 –1943 ), English short-story writer; full name William Wymark Jacobs. He is noted for tales of the macabre such as ‘The Monkey's Paw ’ (1902 ).

Jacobsen, Arne

Jacobsen, Arne |ˈjakəbsən | (1902 –1971 ), Danish architect and furniture designer. His buildings include the SAS tower in Copenhagen and St Catherine's College in Oxford, both of which are expressive of his interest in modernism.

Jacob sheep

Jacob sheep ▶noun a four-horned sheep of a piebald breed, kept as an ornamental animal or for its wool.

Jacob's ladder

Ja cob's lad der ▶noun 1 a plant of the northeastern US with loose clusters of purplish-blue flowers and slender pointed leaves, rows of which are said to resemble a ladder. [Polemonium van-bruntiae, family Polemoniaceae. ] 2 a rope ladder with wooden rungs, esp. for access to a ship up the side. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: with biblical allusion to Jacob's dream of a ladder reaching to heaven (Gen. 28:12 ).

Jacobson's organ

Ja cob son's or gan |ˈjākəbsənz ˌʤeɪkəbsənz ˈɔrɡən | ▶noun Zoology a scent organ consisting of a pair of sacs or tubes typically in the roof of the mouth. Such organs are present in many vertebrates, notably snakes and lizards. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: named after Ludwig L. Jacobson (1783 –1843 ), Dutch anatomist.

Jacob's staff

Ja cob's staff ▶noun a rod with a sliding cursor formerly used for measuring distances and heights, esp. in navigation. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (denoting a pilgrim's staff ): alluding to St. James ( Jacobus in ecclesiastical Latin ), whose symbols are a pilgrim's staff and a scallop shell.

Oxford Dictionary

Jacob

Jacob |ˈdʒeɪkəb | (in the Bible ) a Hebrew patriarch, the younger of the twin sons of Isaac and Rebecca, who persuaded his brother Esau to sell him his birthright and tricked him out of his father's blessing (Gen. 25, 27 ). The twelve tribes of ancient Israel were descended from his twelve sons. ORIGIN from Hebrew ya ‘aqōḇ ‘following after, supplanter ’.

Jacobean

Jacobean |ˌdʒakəˈbiːən | ▶adjective relating to the reign of James I of England: a Jacobean mansion. • denoting the architectural style prevalent during the reign of James I, consisting of a blend of Gothic and classical features. • (of furniture ) in the style prevalent during the reign of James I, characterized by the use of dark oak. ▶noun a person who lived in the Jacobean period. ORIGIN mid 19th cent. (in use earlier with reference to St James ): from modern Latin Jacobaeus (from ecclesiastical Latin Jacobus ‘James ’, from Greek Iakōbos ‘Jacob ’) + -an .

Jacobethan

Jacobethan |ˌdʒakəˈbiːθ (ə )n | ▶adjective (especially of architecture ) displaying a combination of Elizabethan and Jacobean styles. ORIGIN 1930s: blend of Jacobean and Elizabethan .

Jacobi, Karl Gustav Jacob

Jacobi, Karl Gustav Jacob |dʒaˈkəʊbi | (1804 –51 ), German mathematician. He worked on the theory of elliptic functions, in competition with Niels Abel.

Jacobian

Jacobian |dʒəˈkəʊbɪən |Mathematics ▶adjective relating to the work of the mathematician K. G. J. Jacobi. ▶noun a determinant whose constituents are the derivatives of a number of functions ( u, v, w, …) with respect to each of the same number of variables ( x, y, z, …).

Jacobin

Jacobin |ˈdʒakəbɪn | ▶noun 1 historical a member of a democratic club established in Paris in 1789. The Jacobins were the most radical and ruthless of the political groups formed in the wake of the French Revolution, and in association with Robespierre they instituted the Terror of 1793 –4. • an extreme political radical. 2 chiefly historical a Dominican friar. 3 ( jacobin ) a pigeon of a breed with reversed feathers on the back of its neck like a cowl. 4 ( jacobin ) a mainly green Central and South American hummingbird, with blue feathers on the head. ●Florisuga mellivora and Melanotrichilus fuscus, family Trochilidae. DERIVATIVES Jacobinic |-ˈbɪnɪk |adjective, Jacobinical |-ˈbɪnɪk (ə )l |adjective, Jacobinism noun ORIGIN Middle English (in sense 2 ): from Old French, from medieval Latin Jacobinus, from ecclesiastical Latin Jacobus ‘James ’. The term was applied to the Dominicans in Old French on account of their church in Paris, St Jacques, near which they built their first convent; the latter eventually became the headquarters of the French revolutionary group.

Jacobite

Jacobite 1 |ˈdʒakəbʌɪt | ▶noun a supporter of the deposed James II and his descendants in their claim to the British throne after the Revolution of 1688. Drawing most of their support from Catholic clans of the Scottish Highlands, Jacobites made attempts to regain the throne in 1689 –90, 1715, 1719, and 1745 –6, finally being defeated at the Battle of Culloden. DERIVATIVES Jacobitical |-ˈbɪtɪk (ə )l |adjective, Jacobitism noun ORIGIN from Latin Jacobus ‘James ’ (see Jacobean ) + -ite 1 .

Jacobite

Jacobite 2 |ˈdʒakəbʌɪt | ▶noun a member of the Syrian Orthodox Church (Monophysite ). ORIGIN early 15th cent.: from medieval Latin Jacobita, from the name of Jacobus Baradaeus, a 6th-cent. Syrian monk.

Jacobs, W. W.

Ja ¦cobs |ˈdʒeɪkəbz | (1863 –1943 ), English short-story writer; full name William Wymark Jacobs. He is noted for tales of the macabre such as ‘The Monkey's Paw ’ (1902 ).

Jacobsen, Arne

Jacob sheep

Jacob sheep ▶noun a four-horned sheep of a piebald breed, kept as an ornamental animal or for its wool.

Jacob's ladder

Jacob's lad ¦der |ˈʤeɪkəbz | ▶noun 1 a herbaceous Eurasian plant with blue or white flowers and slender pointed leaves, rows of which are said to resemble a ladder. ●Polemonium caeruleum, family Polemoniaceae. 2 a rope ladder with wooden rungs. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: with biblical allusion to Jacob's dream of a ladder reaching to heaven (Gen. 28:12 ).

Jacobson's organ

Ja ¦cob |son's organ ▶noun Zoology a scent organ consisting of a pair of sacs or tubes typically in the roof of the mouth. Such organs are present in many vertebrates, notably snakes and lizards. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: named after Ludwig L. Jacobson (1783 –1843 ), Dutch anatomist.

Jacob's staff

Jacob's staff |ˈʤeɪkəbz | ▶noun a rod with a sliding cursor formerly used for measuring distances and heights. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (denoting a pilgrim's staff ): alluding to St James ( Jacobus in ecclesiastical Latin ), whose symbols are a pilgrim's staff and a scallop shell.

Spanish Dictionary

jacobeo, -bea

jacobeo, -bea adjetivo Del apóstol Santiago o relacionado con él :fiesta jacobea . VÉASE año jacobeo .

jacobinismo

jacobinismo nombre masculino 1 Doctrina política revolucionaria surgida durante la Revolución francesa que defendía el radicalismo extremista .2 Movimiento o tendencia política de signo radical y demócrata que se caracteriza por propugnar una organización republicana cuyos valores son democracia, centralismo, laicismo y pacifismo :el jacobinismo surgió en el siglo xix en el seno del republicanismo francés .

jacobino, -na

jacobino, -na adjetivo 1 Del jacobinismo o que tiene relación con él :el movimiento jacobino; unas ideas jacobinas .2 adjetivo /nombre masculino y femenino [persona ] Que es partidario del jacobinismo .

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

Jacob

Ja cob /dʒéɪkəb /名詞 1 ジェイコブ〘男の名; ｟愛称｠Jake, Jack 〙.2 〘聖書〙ヤコブ〘Isaacの次男でAbrahamの孫; イスラエル人の祖先; 別名Israel 〙.

Jacobean

Jac o be an /dʒæ̀kəbí (ː )ən /形容詞 1 〘英史〙ジェイムズ (James )1世時代 (1603 --25 )の .2 ジャコビアン様式の .名詞 C ジェイムズ1世時代の作家 [政治家 ].～̀ á rchitecture ジャコビアン建築〘直線と線対称を基調とする〙.～̀ f ú rniture ジャコビアン風の家具〘豊かな曲線を持ち黒褐色の樫（かし）材を使用〙.

Jacobin

Jac o bin /dʒǽkəbɪn /形容詞名詞 C 1 ジャコバン党員 (の ) 〘フランス革命当時の急進派〙.2 過激派, 急進派 .J á c o bin ì sm 名詞 U ジャコバン [急進 ]主義 .