Justine
Marquis's suffering heroine
Justine is a feminine given name, the French form of Justina, ultimately from Latin *justus* meaning just or righteous.
The name gained literary weight from the Marquis de Sade's 1791 novel *Justine*, whose virtuous heroine suffers endless misfortune—making the name occasionally carry undertones of ironic victimhood.
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Writer whose name became perversion
- novelNew and unusual
- protagonistStory's central figure
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
innocence · persecution · morality · tragedy · philosophy · victim · naiveté · corruption
Elegant in movement
- sophisticatedWorldly and cultured
- refinedPurified or cultured
- chicTasteful, current flair
- poisedCalm and controlled
stylish · polished · dignified · cultivated · tasteful · fashionable · classy · genteel
Fourth-century church father
- ChristineFeminine given name
- JosephineWoman's formal name
- MartineFrench feminine given name
- NadineFeminine given name
Pauline · Valentine · Ernestine · Geraldine · Maxine · Corinne · Francine · Katherine
France's chief city
- mademoiselleFrench title for unmarried women
- belleReigning social beauty
- ParisienneWoman from France's capital
- ProvenceSoutheastern French region
Marseille · Lyon · Bordeaux · Montmartre · chanson · petite · bonjour
Marquis de Sade
Writer whose name became perversion
- novelNew and unusual
- protagonistStory's central figure
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
suffering · innocence · persecution · morality · tragedy · philosophy · victim · naiveté · corruption · fate
graceful
Elegant in movement
- sophisticatedWorldly and cultured
- refinedPurified or cultured
- chicTasteful, current flair
poised · stylish · polished · dignified · cultivated · tasteful · fashionable · classy · genteel · svelte
Augustine
Fourth-century church father
Nadine · Pauline · Valentine · Ernestine · Geraldine · Maxine · Corinne · Francine · Katherine · Janine
Paris
France's chief city
- mademoiselleFrench title for unmarried women
- belleReigning social beauty
- ParisienneWoman from France's capital
Provence · Marseille · Lyon · Bordeaux · Montmartre · chanson · petite · bonjour
- French EnlightenmentVoltaire, Rousseau, Diderot, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Montesquieu
JustineJuliette
French feminine name
libertine · vice · libertinism · corruption · immorality
- mob justiceExtralegal punishment by crowds
- do justiceTreat as deserved
- justice systemFramework for enforcing laws
- bring to justiceMake offenders face courts
- criminal justiceState apparatus for prosecuting offenders
- brought to justiceMade legally accountable
justice, justify, injustice, justifiable, justification, Justin