'Swole': An Old Word With New Meaning Origin and Etymology of -ade borrowed from French, borrowed from Old Occitan, Spanish, or Upper Italian -ada, going back to Late Latin -Äta, going back to Latin, feminine of -Ätus 1-ate Ade
Pronunciation (US): â¢ JOSEPHUS (noun) The noun JOSEPHUS has 1 sense: 1. Jewish general who led the revolt of the Jews against the Romans and then wrote a history of those events (37-100) Familiarity information: JOSEPHUS used as a noun is very rare. â¢ JOSEPHUS (noun)
Portrait of Joseph II. Joseph II (Joseph Benedikt Anton Michael Adam; 13 March 1741 â 20 February 1790) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1765 to 1790 and ruler of the Habsburg lands from 1780 to 1790. He was the eldest son of Empress Maria Theresa and her husband, Francis I, and was the brother of Marie Antoinette.