Justine
See also: Justīne
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French Justine, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Iustina, name of early saints, feminine of Iustinus, derivative of Iustus, from iustus (“just”). The feminine equivalent of Justin.
Proper noun
Justine
- A female given name from Latin.
- 1953 Austryn Wainhouse, Justine, or Good Conduct Well Chastised, Grove Press 1990, →ISBN, page 743 ( translation of 1788 Marquis de Sade, Justine )
- O you who have wept tears upon hearing of Virtue's miseries; you who have been moved to sympathy for the woe-ridden Justine; the while forgiving the perhaps too heavy brushstrokes we have found ourselves compelled to employ, may you at least extract from this story the same moral which determined Madame de Lorsange!
- 1977 Colleen McCullough, The Thorn Birds, Gramercy Books 1998, →ISBN, page 377
- "What are you going to call your noisy daughter?" he asked as the door closed and they were alone.
- "Justine."
- "It's a very good name, but why did you choose it?"
- "I read it somewhere, and I liked it."
- 1953 Austryn Wainhouse, Justine, or Good Conduct Well Chastised, Grove Press 1990, →ISBN, page 743 ( translation of 1788 Marquis de Sade, Justine )
Translations
female given name
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Cebuano
Etymology
From English Justine, from French Justine, from Latin Iustina.
Proper noun
Justine
- a female given name from French
French
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Iustina, name of early saints, feminine of Iustinus, derivative of Iustus, from iustus (“just”). The feminine equivalent of Justin.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Justine f
- a female given name.
Anagrams
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