Jaques

American  

[jey-kweez, -kwiz, jeyks] / ˈdʒeɪ kwiz, -kwɪz, dʒeɪks /

noun

1. a disillusioned and satirical observer of life, in Shakespeare's As You Like It.

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Other Word Forms

• Jaquesian adjective

Example Sentences

“All the world’s a stage,/ and all the men and women merely players,” Jaques declares in “As You Like It,” and his melancholy set piece reflects a standard Elizabethan trope that Shakespeare as a man of the theater couldn’t resist.

From Los Angeles Times

Boston forced a decisive fifth game only after Sophie Jaques’ apparent goal in double overtime in Game 4 was taken off the board because of goaltender interference.

From Seattle Times

As a result, in the 1980s astronomers including Jaques Laskar of the Paris Observatory concluded that computer simulations of the motions of the planets could not be trusted when applied more than 100 million years into the past or future.

From New York Times

Tirzah Patterson and her 13-year-old son, Jaques “Jake” Patterson — who lost his father, church deacon Heyward Patterson, in the supermarket shooting — left town altogether for the anniversary.

From Seattle Times

Tirzah and 13-year-old Jaques “Jake” Patterson recently opened up about coping with immense grief after a mass shooting, an unceasing story across the nation.

From Seattle Times