Word: 'judge' • Extended Annotations
Word: 'judge' • Extended Annotations
noun, from Latin judex "judge, juror"
verb, from Latin iuger or juger "to judge"
(The J letter is a Roman addition)
To be a judge is not the same as judging.
It can be.
However, to judge things for oneself (see judge verb, conventional definition 1) is not the same as assuming the role of passing judgment unto complete strangers.
Such a thing can only exist in an artificium.
It is one of its distinguishing marks.
| ~☉~ | lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context |
| ⚜ | classic definition |
| ☣ | artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense |