Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
adjective
- (especially in Semitic languages) expressing a mild command.
noun
- a jussive form, mood, case, construction, or word.
adjective
- grammar another word for imperative (def. 3)
“grammatical mode expressing command,” 1846, from Latin iuss-, past participle stem of iubere “to bid, command,” from PIE *yeudh- “to move violently, fight;” + -ive.