different between just vs holy

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /d???st/
• Rhymes: -?st

Etymology 1

From Middle English juste, from Old French juste, from Latin i?stus (“just, lawful, rightful, true, due, proper, moderate”), from Proto-Italic *jowestos, related to Latin i?s (“law, right”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?yew-. Compare Scots juist (“just”), Saterland Frisian juust (“just”), West Frisian just (“just”), Dutch juist (“just”), German Low German jüst (“jüst”), German just (“just”), Danish just (“just”), Swedish just (“just”). Doublet of giusto.

Alternative forms

• jes, jes', jest, jist, jus'

Adjective

just (comparative juster or more just, superlative justest or most just)

1. Factually right, correct; factual.

   It is a just assessment of the facts.

2. Rationally right, correct.
3. Morally right; upright, righteous, equitable; fair.

   It looks like a just solution at first glance.

   • c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1, Act, Scene ,^[1]

     My lord, we know your grace to be a man

     Just and upright.

   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Colossians 4:1,^[2]

     Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.

   • 1901, H. G. Wells, The First Men in the Moon, Chapter 23,^[3]

     Looking back over my previously written account of these things, I must insist that I have been altogether juster to Cavor than he has been to me.

4. Proper, adequate.

Synonyms

• right, correct
• righteous, equitable
• proper, adequate

Antonyms

• unjust

Derived terms

• justly
• justness
• sleep of the just

Related terms

• justice

Translations

Adverb

just (not comparable)

1. Only, simply, merely.
2. (sentence adverb) Used to reduce the force of an imperative; simply.

3. Used to convey a less serious or formal tone

4. Used to show humility.

5. (degree) absolutely, positively

6. Moments ago, recently.
7. By a narrow margin; closely; nearly.
8. Exactly, precisely, perfectly.

   • And having just enough, not covet more.

Synonyms

• (only): merely, simply; see also Thesaurus:merely
• (recently): freshly, lately, newly
• (by a narrow margin): barely, hardly, scarcely; see also Thesaurus:slightly
• (exactly): on the dot, smack-dab; see also Thesaurus:exactly

Derived terms

Translations

Interjection

just

1. (slang) Expressing dismay or discontent.

Etymology 2

Variation of joust, presumably ultimately from Latin iuxta (“near, besides”).

Noun

just (plural justs)

1. A joust, tournament.

Verb

just (third-person singular simple present justs, present participle justing, simple past and past participle justed)

1. To joust, fight a tournament.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Fairfax to this entry?)

Translations

References

• just in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• just in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• UJTs, juts

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Latin i?stus, j?stus, from Proto-Italic *jowestos, from Proto-Indo-European *h?yew-.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /??ust/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?d??ust/

Adjective

just (feminine justa, masculine plural justs or justos, feminine plural justes)

1. fair; just

   Antonym: injust

2. perfect, almost perfect

Derived terms

• justament
• justesa
• preu just
• tot just

Related terms

• injust
• injustícia
• justícia

Adverb

just

1. justly

Further reading

• “just” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “just” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “just” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “just” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Estonian

Etymology

From Middle Low German just or Swedish just. Possibly from German just. See also justament

Adverb

just

1. exactly, precisely, just

   Sa tulid just parajal ajal.

   You came just at the right time.

2. recently, just now, just

   Ma jõudsin just koju.

   I just got home.

3. really (softens what has been said)

   Ta pole just töökas mees.

   He isn't much of a worker.

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish just.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?just/, [?jus?t?]
• Rhymes: -ust
• Syllabification: just

Adverb

just

1. (colloquial, dialectal) just, exactly, precisely, perfectly

2. (colloquial) recently, just now

Interjection

just

1. (colloquial) I see, uh-huh, oh well

Synonyms

both:

• aivan
• juuri
• justiin
• justiinsa
• justsa

adverb:

• ihan
• tarkalleen
• täsmälleen

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin i?stus, j?stus.

Adjective

just

1. just, right, correct, proper
2. exact
3. adequate
4. apt

Derived terms

• justeapont
• justeben

Related terms

• justâ
• juste
• justece
• justificâ
• justizie

German

Etymology

Latin i?ste, i?stus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j?st/

Adverb

just

1. (solemn) just

   Synonyms: gerade, (archaic) justament

Further reading

• “just” in Duden online
• “just” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Latvian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [just]

Verb

just (tr., 1st conj., pres. j?tu, j?ti, j?t, past jutu)

1. to feel (to perceive with one's sense organs)

2. to sense
3. to palp
4. to have a sensation

Conjugation

Derived terms

prefixed verbs:

• izjust
• pajust
• sajust

other derived terms:

• justies

Old French

Verb

just

1. third-person singular past historic of gesir

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French juste, Latin j?stus, i?stus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ust/

Adjective

just m or n (feminine singular just?, masculine plural ju?ti, feminine and neuter plural juste)

1. just, correct

Synonyms

• drept, adev?rat, echitabil

Swedish

Pronunciation

Adverb

just (not comparable)

1. just; quite recently; only moments ago
2. just; only, simply
3. exactly, precisely

   Just nu

   Right now (At this precise moment)

   Det var just vad jag ville ha!

   That's exactly what I wanted!

English

Alternative forms

• holie, hooly (archaic)
• Holy (when referring to someone or something important)
• 'oly (pronunciation spelling)

Etymology

From Middle English holi, hali, from Old English h?li?, h?le? (“holy, consecrated, sacred, venerated, godly, saintly, ecclesiastical, pacific, tame”), from Proto-Germanic *hailagaz (“holy, bringing health”), from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“healthy, whole”), from Proto-Indo-European *kóh?ilus (“healthy, whole”), equivalent to whole +? -y. Cognate with Scots haly (“holy”), West Frisian hillich (“holy”), Low German hillig (“holy”), Dutch heilig (“holy”), German heilig (“holy”), Danish hellig (“holy”), Swedish helig (“holy”). More at whole.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?h??li/
• (US) enPR: h??l?, IPA^(key): /?ho?li/
• Rhymes: -??li
• Homophones: holey, wholly

Adjective

holy (comparative holier, superlative holiest)

1. Dedicated to a religious purpose or a god.

   I'm planning to visit the holy city of Jerusalem this Christmas.

2. Revered in a religion.

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

3. Morally perfect or flawless, or nearly so.

4. Separated or set apart from (something unto something or someone else).
5. Set apart or dedicated for a specific purpose, or for use by a single entity or person.
6. (slang) Used as an intensifier in various interjections.

   Holy cow, I can’t believe he actually lost the race!

   Those children next door are holy terrors!

Synonyms

• (dedicated to a religious purpose or a god): sacred
• (revered in a religion): sacred
• (perfect, flawless): faultless, flawless, perfect
• (separated or set apart from something): sanctified
• (set apart or dedicated for a specific purpose): reserved, special

Antonyms

• (revered in a religion): profane, secular, unholy, worldly
• (perfect, flawless): damaged, defective, faulty, flawed, imperfect
• (set apart or dedicated for a specific purpose): common

Derived terms

Related terms

• hallow
• hallowed

Translations

Noun

holy (plural holies)

1. (archaic) A thing that is extremely holy; used almost exclusively in Holy of Holies.
   • 1882, Franz von Reber, Joseph Thacher Clarke, History of Ancient Art, p. 146:

     The holy of holies, a cubical space of ten cubits on the side, was separated from the larger antechamber by four columns, which were also covered with gold and stood upon silver sockets; they bore a second curtain of four colors.

Derived terms

• holiest of holies
• Holy of Holies

Translations

Anagrams

• hylo-

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English h?li?, from Proto-Germanic *hailagaz; equivalent to hool +? -y.

Alternative forms

• hooly, holi, hooli, holye, holie, holly, hoolly, holli, hoolli, oly, oli, wholy, woly, hole, hali, haly, hayly, aly, ali, hale, hely, heli, holi?, holi?e, holia, halge, halege, hal?e, hall?he, hali?, hali?e, halie

Adjective

holy (plural and weak singular holye, comparative holyere, superlative holyest)

1. Dedicated to or separated for a religious purpose; sacred, consecrated.
2. Characterized by virtue or perfection.

Related terms

Descendants

• English: holy
• Scots: haly, halie
• Yola: holly

Noun

holy (plural holies)

1. The state of being holy; holiness.
2. One who is sanctified or made holy; a saint, hallow
3. A sacred place; a sanctuary

Derived terms

• alle goddis holy
• holy of holies

Descendants

• holy

References

• “holi, adj.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 4 August 2018.
• “holi, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 4 August 2018.

Etymology 2

From hol +? -y

Alternative forms

• holi, holly, holli

Adjective

holy

1. Full of holes or cavities; porous, spongy; hollow.

Derived terms

• holinesse

Descendants

• English: holey

References

• “holi, adj.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 4 August 2018.