jacobitis.html - n.
1 a hist. a member of a radical democratic club established in Paris in 1789 in the old convent of the Jacobins (see sense 2). b any extreme radical.
2 archaic a Dominican friar.
3 (jacobin) a pigeon with reversed feathers on the back of its neck like a cowl.

Jacobinic adj. Jacobinical adj. Jacobinism n. [orig. in sense 2 by assoc. with the Rue St Jacques in Paris: ME f. F f. med.L Jacobinus f. eccl.L Jacobus]

jacobitis.html - n.
hist. a supporter of James II of England after his removal from the throne in 1688, or of the Stuarts.

Jacobitical adj. Jacobitism n. [L Jacobus James: see JACOBEAN]

jacobitis.html - n.
1 a plant, Polemonium caeruleum, with corymbs of blue or white flowers, and leaves suggesting a ladder.
2 a rope-ladder with wooden rungs. [f. Jacob's dream of a ladder reaching to heaven, as described in Gen. 28:12]

jacobitis.html - n.
1 a surveyor's iron-shod rod used instead of a tripod.
2 an instrument for measuring distances and heights. [f. the staffs used by Jacob, as described in Gen. 30:37-43]

jacobitis.html - adj. & n.
--adj.

1 of or relating to the reign of James I of England.
2 (of furniture) in the style prevalent then, esp. of the colour of dark oak.

--n.

a Jacobean person. [mod.L Jacobaeus f. eccl.L Jacobus James f. Gk Iakobos Jacob]

jacobitis.html - n.
1 a hist. a member of a radical democratic club established in Paris in 1789 in the old convent of the Jacobins (see sense 2). b any extreme radical.
2 archaic a Dominican friar.
3 (jacobin) a pigeon with reversed feathers on the back of its neck like a cowl.

Jacobinic adj. Jacobinical adj. Jacobinism n. [orig. in sense 2 by assoc. with the Rue St Jacques in Paris: ME f. F f. med.L Jacobinus f. eccl.L Jacobus]