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Jade
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- 1 Of a grayish shade of green, typical of jade stones. not-comparable
- 1 of something having the color of jade; especially varying from bluish green to yellowish green wordnet
- 1 A female given name from English.
"Emily. Em-il-y, three syllables, like a knock on the door of destiny. Such an odd, old-fashioned name, compared to those Kylies and Traceys and Jades — names that reeked of Impulse and grease and stood out in gaudy neon colours —"
- 2 A surname
- 1 A semiprecious stone, either nephrite or jadeite, generally green or white in color, often used for carving figurines. uncountable, usually
"Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are diamond, ruby and sapphire, emerald and other gem forms of the mineral beryl, chrysoberyl, tanzanite, tsavorite, topaz and jade."
- 2 A horse too old to be put to work.
"Shee hath more qualities then a Water-Spaniell, […] Shee can fetch and carry: why a horſe can doe no more; nay, a horſe cannot fetch, but onely carry, therefore is ſhee better then a Iade."
- 3 an old or over-worked horse wordnet
- 4 A bright shade of slightly bluish or greyish green, typical of polished jade stones. uncountable, usually
- 5 A bad-tempered or disreputable woman. derogatory, especially
"You alwayes end with a iades tricke, I knowe you of olde."
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- 6 a light green color varying from bluish green to yellowish green wordnet
- 7 A succulent plant, Crassula ovata. uncountable, usually
- 8 a woman adulterer wordnet
- 9 a semiprecious gemstone that takes a high polish; is usually green but sometimes whitish; consists of jadeite or nephrite wordnet
- 1 To fatigue, tire, or weary (someone or something). transitive
"[T]he Mind once jaded by an attempt above its Power, it either is diſabl'd for the future, or elſe checks at any vigorous Undertaking ever after, at leaſt is very hardly brought to exert its Force again on any Subject that requires Thought and Meditation."
- 2 exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress wordnet
- 3 To treat (someone or something) like a jade; to spurn. obsolete, transitive
"The nere-yet beaten Horſe of Parthia, / We haue iaded out o'th' Field."
- 4 lose interest or become bored with something or somebody wordnet
- 5 To make (someone or something) contemptible and ridiculous. obsolete, transitive
"I do not now foole my ſelfe, to let imagination iade mee; for euery reaſon excites to this, that my Lady loues me."
Etymology
Borrowed from French le jade, rebracketing of earlier l'éjade (“jade”), from Spanish piedra de ijada (“flank stone”), via Vulgar Latin *iliata from Latin ilia (“flank”). (Jade was thought to cure pains in the side.)
Borrowed from French le jade, rebracketing of earlier l'éjade (“jade”), from Spanish piedra de ijada (“flank stone”), via Vulgar Latin *iliata from Latin ilia (“flank”). (Jade was thought to cure pains in the side.)
From Middle English jade, chade, either a variant of yaud or merely influenced by it. Yaud derives from Old Norse jalda (“mare”), from a Uralic language, such as Moksha эльде (elde) or Erzya эльде (elde). See yaud for more.
From Middle English jade, chade, either a variant of yaud or merely influenced by it. Yaud derives from Old Norse jalda (“mare”), from a Uralic language, such as Moksha эльде (elde) or Erzya эльде (elde). See yaud for more.
From the precious stone jade; taken into general use in the 1970s.
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