jus
jus Lexical Profile
jus Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A thin gravy or sauce made from the natural juices given off by meat during cooking, often served with roast beef.
"The chef ladled a rich rosemary-infused jus over the sliced prime rib."
In Roman and civil law, a legal right, power, or body of law, frequently used in specialized Latin legal phrases.
"Roman jurists carefully distinguished between unwritten custom and formal jus."
Word Nuance & Usage
The word 'jus' represents two distinct homographs with different pronunciations: the culinary term for meat juice is borrowed from French and pronounced /ʒuː/ (with a silent 's'), whereas the legal term meaning law or right comes directly from Latin and is pronounced /dʒʌs/ or /juːs/.
• Rhymes for jus
Word Origin & Etymology
The culinary sense is borrowed from French jus ('juice, gravy'), which itself derives from Latin iūs ('broth, soup, sauce'). The legal sense is borrowed directly from Latin iūs ('law, right, justice'), the same root that gave English 'justice', 'jury', and 'injury'.