jossn.¹

Brit.

/dʒɒs/, U.S.

/dʒɑs/

Forms: Also 1700s josse, 1800s jos.

Etymology: apparently derived < Portuguese deos god: compare in same sense Dutch joosje, diminutive of *joos. In Javanese, the name given to a Chinese idol or image is dejos , i.e. dēyos (Prof. Kern in De Indische Gids XI. (1889) 1218), taken in 16th cent. from Portuguese deos . Quot. 1771 at main sense (though erroneous in details) indicates how dejos might be reduced to jos. Hence the Dutch and English forms of the word. The latter has been carried from Bantam or Batavia to the Chinese seaports, where it has become the ‘pidgin’-English term; it is not Chinese, nor of Chinese origination.

A Chinese figure of a deity, an idol. Loosely used of those of neighbouring peoples. Also, (colloquial) luck: bad joss, good joss.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > idol > worshipped by specific people > Chinese

joss1711

the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [noun] > fortune or luck

sitheOE

hapc1275

fortunea1300

timingc1300

thriftc1305

speeda1325

casta1400

venturea1450

issuec1475

luck1481

success1548

speeding1573

chancing1583

potluck1592

ship1851

joss1913

1711 C. Lockyer Acct. Trade India 181 I know but little of their Religion, more than that every Man has a small Joss or God in his own House.

1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies II. liii. 266 Their Josses or Demi-gods are, some of human Shape, some of monstrous Figures.

1771 J. R. Forster tr. O. Toreen Voy. China 1750–52 in P. Osbeck Voy. China II. 232 The sailors, and even some books of voyages..call the pagodas, Yoss-houses: for, on enquiring of 2 Chinese for the name of the idol, he answers, Grande Yoss, instead of Gran Dios.

1840 H. Malcom Trav. 29/1 The ‘Jos’ was delineated in a large picture surrounded by ornamental paper-hangings.

1899 F. T. Bullen Log of Sea-waif 45 He might as well have appealed to a bronze joss.

1913 Chambers's Jrnl. Aug. 590/2 This comprises a good ‘joss’ for the voyage, and may be likened to a system of ‘blessing’.

1915 R. Kipling Fringes of Fleet 36 Mines are all Joss. You either hit 'em or you don't.

1948 E. Partridge et al. Dict. Forces' Slang 104 Bad joss your leave being stopped.

Compounds

C1.

joss-candle n.

ΚΠ

1898 Tit-bits 21 May 154/2 The avidity with which they polished off joss candles was a sight for the gods.

joss-god n.

ΚΠ

1825 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 1526 A lion-like jos-god figure, called Sing.

joss-like adj.

C2.

joss-house n. a Chinese temple or building for idol-worship.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > artefacts > sanctuary or holy place > temple > [noun] > Chinese

joss-house1771

1771Yoss-houses [see main sense].

1831 Edinb. Rev. 53 224 On the panels of the jos house, or temple, are painted figures seated upon broadswords.

1869 Spectator 6 Nov. 1290 To tax Chinamen to support churches was just as unfair as to tax Christians for the support of joss-houses.

joss-man n. a priest of a Chinese religion; slang, of any other religion (see also quot. 1948).

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > priest > [noun]

priesteOE

presbyterOE

sirec1290

beauperec1300

sirc1386

fatherhooda1393

fatherheada1434

paternity1439

pater1481

fathershipa1500

father1528

key-bearer?1531

key-keeper?1556

vicegerent1572

priestdom1588

sacerdosa1592

flasher1611

priesthooda1616

père1619

sacerdote1685

firekeeper1789

soggarth1836

priestship1868

soutane1890

joss-man1913

society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > priest > kinds of priest > [noun] > Chinese

joss-man1913

1913 Chambers's Jrnl. Aug. 590/2 A missionary is known as a European ‘joss-man’.

1948 E. Partridge et al. Dict. Forces' Slang 104 Jossman, a term used on China-side for Plymouth gin... (From the picture of the monk on the bottle.) All holy men are ‘jossmen’ to the Chinese.

1964 Navy News Nov. 12/4 I was watch aboard and tried to get a sub, but no joy. I asked the Jossman if I could go ashore, and he told me to go to…

1970 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 17 May 5/2 The jossman picked up hammer and nails and, with great care, fixed the eyes, exactly 15 feet from the bow [of a junk].

joss-paper n. gold and silver paper, cut into the shape of coins and ingots and sometimes inscribed with prayers, burned by the Chinese at funerals and other religious ceremonies.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > artefacts > consumables > paper > [noun]

joss-paper1884

1884 Miss Gordon Cumming in Pall Mall Gaz. 11 Sept. 1/2 Quantities of joss paper inscribed with prayers for good luck were burned on each altar.

joss-pidgin n. a religious ceremony.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > [noun] > instance or form of

churchOE

servicelOE

rightlOE

observancea1250

officec1300

preachingc1350

ritec1350

ceremonyc1380

usea1382

prayerc1384

form1399

ordinancea1400

ordera1425

worship?a1425

worshippingc1443

common prayer1493

common servicea1500

ordinarya1513

celebrity1534

church servicea1555

religious exercise1560

function1564

agend1581

church office1581

liturgy1593

Common Prayer service1648

ritualities1648

ceremonial1672

hierurgy1678

occasion1761

religiosities1834

cursus1865

joss-pidgin1886

worship service1929

1886 [see joss-pidgin-man n.].

a1889 Mary Coe in A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang (1889) I. 508/1 Allo tim he make joss-pidgin, Wat you fan-kwei cālly 'ligion.

1926 M. Leinster Dew on Leaf iv. 45 He do joss-pidgin.

joss-pidgin-man n. a minister of religion.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > [noun]

God's maneOE

priestOE

clerkc1050

secularc1290

vicary1303

minister1340

divinec1380

man of Godc1384

kirkmana1400

man of the churchc1400

cockc1405

Ecclesiastc1405

spiritual1441

ministrator1450

abbé1530

reverend1547

churchman1549

tippet-captain?1550

tippet knight1551

tippet man1551

public minister1564

reading minister1572

clergyman1577

clerk1577

padre1584

minstrel1586

spiritual1600

cleric1623

cassock1628

Levite1640

gownsman1641

teaching elder1642

ecclesiastic1651

religionist1651

crape1682

crape-gown-man1682

man in black1692

soul driver1699

secularist1716

autem jet1737

liturge1737

officiant1740

snub-devil1785

soul doctor1785

officiator1801

umfundisi1825

crape-man1826

clerical1837

God-man1842

Pfarrer1844

liturgist1848

white-choker1851

rook1859

shovel hat1859

sky pilot1865

ecclesiastical1883

joss-pidgin-man1886

josser1887

sin-shiftera1912

sin-buster1931

parch1944

1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson 354/1 Joss-house-man or Joss-pidgin-man is a priest, or a missionary.

a1889 Rebel Pig in A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang (1889) I. 508/1 When dey talkey pig look all-samee like he joss-pidgin-man.

joss-stick n. a thin cylinder or stick of fragrant tinder mixed with clay, used by the Chinese as incense, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [noun] > fragrant substance or perfume > incense

rechelseOE

storc1000

incensec1290

censea1382

guma1382

olibanuma1398

thus1398

frankincensea1400

frank14..

thurec1425

mascle thure?1440

olibanc1440

smoke1530

perfume1542

masculine frankincense1555

tacamahac1577

cayolac1588

masculine gum1604

candle1628

pastille1630

Spanish coal1631

incense-frank1633

thymiama1697

censery1823

punk1844

joss-stick1845

god-stick1874

society > faith > artefacts > consumables > incense > [noun] > cylinder of

joss-stick1845

god-stick1874

agarbatti1884

1845 J. R. Peters Misc. Remarks upon Chinese 111 Every one has a shrine and Jos, or representation of one, before which a jos stick is kept continually burning.

1876 C. G. Leland Pidgin-Eng. Sing-song 43 Burnee joss-stick, talkee plitty.

1879 I. L. Bird Let. 4 Jan. in Golden Chersonese (1883) 49 There is a recess outside each shop, and at dusk the joss-sticks..fill the city with the fragrance of incense.

1883 I. L. Bird Sketches Malay Penins. iii, in Leisure Hour 83/2 Joss-sticks burn incessantly.

1974 Times 15 Aug. (India Suppl.) p. iv/9 The sandalwood-based joss sticks..were produced to the tune of 5,000 tonnes last year.

Derivatives

ˈjossish adj. resembling a joss, joss-like.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > [adjective] > of idol > of Chinese idol

jossish1834

1834 W. Beckford Italy; with Sketches Spain & Portugal II. 159 A little jossish old woman, with a head as round as a humming-top.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	joss
释义	jossn.¹ Brit. /dʒɒs/, U.S. /dʒɑs/ Forms: Also 1700s josse, 1800s jos. Etymology: apparently derived < Portuguese deos god: compare in same sense Dutch joosje, diminutive of joos. In Javanese, the name given to a Chinese idol or image is dejos* , i.e. dēyos (Prof. Kern in De Indische Gids XI. (1889) 1218), taken in 16th cent. from Portuguese deos . Quot. 1771 at main sense (though erroneous in details) indicates how dejos might be reduced to jos. Hence the Dutch and English forms of the word. The latter has been carried from Bantam or Batavia to the Chinese seaports, where it has become the ‘pidgin’-English term; it is not Chinese, nor of Chinese origination. A Chinese figure of a deity, an idol. Loosely used of those of neighbouring peoples. Also, (colloquial) luck: bad joss, good joss. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > idol > worshipped by specific people > Chinese joss1711 the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [noun] > fortune or luck sitheOE hapc1275 fortunea1300 timingc1300 thriftc1305 speeda1325 casta1400 venturea1450 issuec1475 luck1481 success1548 speeding1573 chancing1583 potluck1592 ship1851 joss1913 1711 C. Lockyer Acct. Trade India 181 I know but little of their Religion, more than that every Man has a small Joss or God in his own House. 1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies II. liii. 266 Their Josses or Demi-gods are, some of human Shape, some of monstrous Figures. 1771 J. R. Forster tr. O. Toreen Voy. China 1750–52 in P. Osbeck Voy. China II. 232 The sailors, and even some books of voyages..call the pagodas, Yoss-houses: for, on enquiring of 2 Chinese for the name of the idol, he answers, Grande Yoss, instead of Gran Dios. 1840 H. Malcom Trav. 29/1 The ‘Jos’ was delineated in a large picture surrounded by ornamental paper-hangings. 1899 F. T. Bullen Log of Sea-waif 45 He might as well have appealed to a bronze joss. 1913 Chambers's Jrnl. Aug. 590/2 This comprises a good ‘joss’ for the voyage, and may be likened to a system of ‘blessing’. 1915 R. Kipling Fringes of Fleet 36 Mines are all Joss. You either hit 'em or you don't. 1948 E. Partridge et al. Dict. Forces' Slang 104 Bad joss your leave being stopped. Compounds C1. a. joss-candle n. ΚΠ 1898 Tit-bits 21 May 154/2 The avidity with which they polished off joss candles was a sight for the gods. joss-god n. ΚΠ 1825 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 1526 A lion-like jos-god figure, called Sing. b. joss-like adj. C2. joss-house n. a Chinese temple or building for idol-worship. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > sanctuary or holy place > temple > [noun] > Chinese joss-house1771 1771Yoss-houses [see main sense]. 1831 Edinb. Rev. 53 224 On the panels of the jos house, or temple, are painted figures seated upon broadswords. 1869 Spectator 6 Nov. 1290 To tax Chinamen to support churches was just as unfair as to tax Christians for the support of joss-houses. joss-man n. a priest of a Chinese religion; slang, of any other religion (see also quot. 1948). ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > priest > [noun] priesteOE presbyterOE sirec1290 beauperec1300 sirc1386 fatherhooda1393 fatherheada1434 paternity1439 pater1481 fathershipa1500 father1528 key-bearer?1531 key-keeper?1556 vicegerent1572 priestdom1588 sacerdosa1592 flasher1611 priesthooda1616 père1619 sacerdote1685 firekeeper1789 soggarth1836 priestship1868 soutane1890 joss-man1913 society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > priest > kinds of priest > [noun] > Chinese joss-man1913 1913 Chambers's Jrnl. Aug. 590/2 A missionary is known as a European ‘joss-man’. 1948 E. Partridge et al. Dict. Forces' Slang 104 Jossman, a term used on China-side for Plymouth gin... (From the picture of the monk on the bottle.) All holy men are ‘jossmen’ to the Chinese. 1964 Navy News Nov. 12/4 I was watch aboard and tried to get a sub, but no joy. I asked the Jossman if I could go ashore, and he told me to go to… 1970 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 17 May 5/2 The jossman picked up hammer and nails and, with great care, fixed the eyes, exactly 15 feet from the bow [of a junk]. joss-paper n. gold and silver paper, cut into the shape of coins and ingots and sometimes inscribed with prayers, burned by the Chinese at funerals and other religious ceremonies. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > consumables > paper > [noun] joss-paper1884 1884 Miss Gordon Cumming in Pall Mall Gaz. 11 Sept. 1/2 Quantities of joss paper inscribed with prayers for good luck were burned on each altar. joss-pidgin n. a religious ceremony. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > [noun] > instance or form of churchOE servicelOE rightlOE observancea1250 officec1300 preachingc1350 ritec1350 ceremonyc1380 usea1382 prayerc1384 form1399 ordinancea1400 ordera1425 worship?a1425 worshippingc1443 common prayer1493 common servicea1500 ordinarya1513 celebrity1534 church servicea1555 religious exercise1560 function1564 agend1581 church office1581 liturgy1593 Common Prayer service1648 ritualities1648 ceremonial1672 hierurgy1678 occasion1761 religiosities1834 cursus1865 joss-pidgin1886 worship service1929 1886 [see joss-pidgin-man n.]. a1889 Mary Coe in A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang (1889) I. 508/1 Allo tim he make joss-pidgin, Wat you fan-kwei cālly 'ligion. 1926 M. Leinster Dew on Leaf iv. 45 He do joss-pidgin. joss-pidgin-man n. a minister of religion. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > [noun] God's maneOE priestOE clerkc1050 secularc1290 vicary1303 minister1340 divinec1380 man of Godc1384 kirkmana1400 man of the churchc1400 cockc1405 Ecclesiastc1405 spiritual1441 ministrator1450 abbé1530 reverend1547 churchman1549 tippet-captain?1550 tippet knight1551 tippet man1551 public minister1564 reading minister1572 clergyman1577 clerk1577 padre1584 minstrel1586 spiritual1600 cleric1623 cassock1628 Levite1640 gownsman1641 teaching elder1642 ecclesiastic1651 religionist1651 crape1682 crape-gown-man1682 man in black1692 soul driver1699 secularist1716 autem jet1737 liturge1737 officiant1740 snub-devil1785 soul doctor1785 officiator1801 umfundisi1825 crape-man1826 clerical1837 God-man1842 Pfarrer1844 liturgist1848 white-choker1851 rook1859 shovel hat1859 sky pilot1865 ecclesiastical1883 joss-pidgin-man1886 josser1887 sin-shiftera1912 sin-buster1931 parch1944 1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson 354/1 Joss-house-man or Joss-pidgin-man is a priest, or a missionary. a1889 Rebel Pig in A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang (1889) I. 508/1 When dey talkey pig look all-samee like he joss-pidgin-man. joss-stick n. a thin cylinder or stick of fragrant tinder mixed with clay, used by the Chinese as incense, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [noun] > fragrant substance or perfume > incense rechelseOE storc1000 incensec1290 censea1382 guma1382 olibanuma1398 thus1398 frankincensea1400 frank14.. thurec1425 mascle thure?1440 olibanc1440 smoke1530 perfume1542 masculine frankincense1555 tacamahac1577 cayolac1588 masculine gum1604 candle1628 pastille1630 Spanish coal1631 incense-frank1633 thymiama1697 censery1823 punk1844 joss-stick1845 god-stick1874 society > faith > artefacts > consumables > incense > [noun] > cylinder of joss-stick1845 god-stick1874 agarbatti1884 1845 J. R. Peters Misc. Remarks upon Chinese 111 Every one has a shrine and Jos, or representation of one, before which a jos stick is kept continually burning. 1876 C. G. Leland Pidgin-Eng. Sing-song 43 Burnee joss-stick, talkee plitty. 1879 I. L. Bird Let. 4 Jan. in Golden Chersonese (1883) 49 There is a recess outside each shop, and at dusk the joss-sticks..fill the city with the fragrance of incense. 1883 I. L. Bird Sketches Malay Penins. iii, in Leisure Hour 83/2 Joss-sticks burn incessantly. 1974 Times 15 Aug. (India Suppl.) p. iv/9 The sandalwood-based joss sticks..were produced to the tune of 5,000 tonnes last year. Derivatives ˈjossish adj. resembling a joss, joss-like. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [adjective] > of idol > of Chinese idol jossish1834 1834 W. Beckford Italy; with Sketches Spain & Portugal II. 159 A little jossish old woman, with a head as round as a humming-top. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). jossn.² Brit. /dʒɒs/, U.S. /dʒɔs/, /dʒɑs/, Australian English /dʒɔs/, New Zealand English /dʒɒs/ Etymology: English dialect, of unknown origin. dialect, Australian, and New Zealand. = boss n.⁶ ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > one who is in charge gaffera1658 old man1668 governor1783 head woman1799 boss1806 oyakata1818 guv'nor1843 head-worker1846 jossc1860 Guv1861 Maluka1905 big guy1921 skip1921 kingfish1930 boss-man1934 pitch-and-toss1942 honcho1945 head honcho1952 c1860 in H. Maxwell Evening Memories (1932) xviii. 323 Come where the boss is a deuce of a joss, Come to the pub next door! a1876 E. Leigh Gloss. Words Dial. Cheshire (1877) 111 Joss, a foreman. Used in Macclesfield. 1877 F. Ross et al. Gloss. Words Holderness 81/2 Joss, a head man; a superior. a1922 H. Lawson in Penguin Bk. Austral. Ballads (1964) 149 Must I turn aside from my destined way For a task your Joss would find me? 1948 V. Palmer Golconda iv. 28 ‘Then why don't you go to the Golconda Mining Company?’ asked Donovan slyly. ‘Tilburg Kloss is there, a big joss from down south.’ 1955–6 V. Palmer in Coast to Coast 36 A big joss among the young bucks and gins. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.¹1711n.²c1860
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