Jadis

Revision History

Date	Editor	Name ID	Change Summary
12/7/2022, 9:35 PM	Mike C	jadis	added (from user-submitted name 774)
2/24/2012, 4:22 PM	Kate	774
2/24/2012, 3:51 AM	SeaHorse15	774
2/23/2012, 4:55 PM	Black_X	774
7/21/2011, 10:46 PM	Black_X	774
5/26/2008, 2:48 PM	anonymous	774
6/1/2006, 4:14 AM	anonymous	774
4/17/2006, 5:42 PM	ringer007	774
4/15/2006, 1:02 PM	Michele

Gender Feminine

Usage Literature

Pronounced Pron. JAY-dis(English)

Meaning & History

Used by the author C. S. Lewis as the proper name of the White Witch, the antagonist in his novel The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950). He may have based it on French jadis meaning "long ago, of old" or Persian جادو (jadu) meaning "magic, witch".