Juliet

//ˌd͡ʒuliˈɛt// name

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from Latin.

    ""All I ask," she says, fitting the cigarette into a holder, "is that you don't call me Juli-et. I cannot abide Juli-et. It maddens me!" "Yes, ma'am." "Here, we say Joolyut. Joolyut. Joolyut. Say it for me.""

  2. 2
    One of the title characters of Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet.

    "For never was a story of more woe / Than this of Juliet and her Romeo."

  3. 3
    A woman who is or is with a great lover.
  4. 4
    By analogy with the Shakespeare character, a woman who is in love with a man from a family, party, or country opposing that of her own.
  5. 5
    The sixth moon of the planet Uranus.

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Giulietta, diminutive of Giulia, from Latin Iūlia, feminine of Iūlius, a Roman family name. Cognate with French Juliette.

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