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Jess¹

  • /d͡ʒɛs/

Rhymes with -ɛs

Where it comes from

Clipping of Jesse, Jessica, or Jessamy.

proper noun

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Jesse.
  2. A diminutive of the female given names Jessica and Jessamy. ‘Now then Kit,’ said Mr Parkinson, ‘look sharp! Help Jess up. Where has she got to?’ ‘Here I am!’ said Jessamy breathlessly as “helped” rather to vigorously from behind by Kit, she arrived on her knees on the floor of the dog cart.

jess²

  • /d͡ʒɛs/

Rhymes with -ɛs

Where it comes from

From Middle English ges, from Middle French gies, from the plural of jet (“throw”), from Vulgar Latin *iectus, jectus < iactus (“a throwing”), or from jeter (“to throw”), itself from Latin iactare.

noun jesses

  1. A short strap fastened around the leg of a bird used in falconry, to which a leash may be fastened. Haukes haue about theyr legges gesses made of lether moste comonly, some of silke which should no lenger but that the knottes of them should appere in ye myddes of the left hande betwene the longe fynger and the leche fynger bicause the lewnes should be fastened to them with a payre of tyrettes, whi

verb jesses · jessing · jessed

  1. To fasten a strap around the leg of a hawk.

jess³

  • /d͡ʒɛs/

Rhymes with -ɛs

Where it comes from

See jet (etymology 2).

noun jesses

  1. alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of jet (“the mineral”).
  2. alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of jet (“the color”).

jess⁴

  • /d͡ʒɛs/

Rhymes with -ɛs

Where it comes from

See just.

adverb

  1. not comparable, pronunciation spelling Pronunciation spelling of just

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: jessie, jesse, son, please, gis, tether, thong, band, lash, strap, leash, fetter, shackle, fastener, restraint, tie

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@misc{jess_2026,
  title = {jess},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jess},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}