jusques

Usage notes

 * An alternative form of, now quite rare, having fallen far out of habitual use. In centuries passed, it was used, quite commonly, instead of when the first letter of the following word began with a vowel or mute h: the final "s" would form a phonetic liaison with the following vowel, resulting in the pronunciation.
 * Nowadays, is used almost exclusively in high literature — especially in oratorical or poetic styles, or for reasons of euphony. It is still used occasionally in some set phrases, sometimes being the only traditionally permissible form. Such is the case with the phrase  (which Larousse identifies as the only current use of  not exclusive to literature ), though the form  exists.