An old style Letter J

Elizabethan Words beginning with the Letter J
The following dictionary contains old Elizabethan words and their meanings beginning with Letter J. If you find some words amusing click the following link to have FUN with some insults from the Shakespearean Insults Generator.

Interesting examples of Elizabethan Words beginning with the Letter J

JACK 
a mean fellow 
JACK-A-LENT 
a puppet thrown at in Lent 
JACK GUARDANT 
a jack in office 
JADE 
to whip, to treat with contempt 
JAR 
the ticking of a clock 
JAUNCE 
to prance 

JESS 
a strap of leather attached to the talons of a hawk, by which it is held on the 
fist 
JEST 
to tilt in a tournament
JET 
to strut 
JOURNAL 
daily 
JOVIAL 
merrily, appertaining to Jove 

JUDICIOUS 
critical 
JUMP 
to agree to hazard 
JUSTICER 
a judge, magistrate 
JUT 
to encroach 
JUTTY 
a projection, to jut out beyond
JUVENAL 
youth, young man