| 单词 | Jacobin |
| 释义 | Word Frequency Jacobin(ˈdʒækəbɪn) noun 1. a member of the most radical club founded during the French Revolution, which overthrew the Girondists in 1793 and, led by Robespierre, instituted the Reign of Terror 2. a leftist or extreme political radical 3. a French Dominican friar 4. (sometimes not capital) a variety of fancy pigeon with a hood of feathers swept up over and around the head adjective 5. of, characteristic of, or relating to the Jacobins or their policies Derived forms Jacobinic (ˌJacoˈbinic) or Jacobinical (ˌJacoˈbinical) adjective Jacobinically (ˌJacoˈbinically) adverb Jacobinism (ˈJacobinism) noun Word origin C14: from Old French, from Medieval Latin Jacōbīnus, from Late Latin Jacōbus James; applied to the Dominicans, from the proximity of the church of St Jacques (St James) to their first convent in Paris; the political club originally met inthe convent in 1789 |
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