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joss
joss:
see
deity
joss (n.)
"Chinese figure of a deity," 1711, from Chinese Pidgin English, from Javanese
dejos
, taken 16c. from Portuguese
deus
"god," from Latin
deus
(see
Zeus
). Colloquially, it came to mean "luck."
Joss stick
"Chinese incense" first recorded 1883.