jade
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jade¹
- /d͡ʒeɪd/
Rhymes with -eɪd
Where it comes from
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.)
noun jades
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A semiprecious stone, either nephrite or jadeite, generally green or white in color, often used for carving figurines.
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.
Similar: jadestone, jade stone, yu, jade-stone
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A bright shade of slightly bluish or greyish green, typical of polished jade stones.
Similar: jade green
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A succulent plant, Crassula ovata.
Similar: jade plant, lucky plant, money plant, money tree
adjective
- Of a grayish shade of green, typical of jade stones.
jade²
- /d͡ʒeɪd/
Rhymes with -eɪd
Where it comes from
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.
noun jades
- 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.
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A bad-tempered or disreputable woman.
You alwayes end with a iades tricke, I knowe you of olde.
Similar: battle axe, bitch, brim, brimstone, cat, cockatrice, crow, dragon, faggot, fishwife, harpy, harridan
verb jades · jading · jaded
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To fatigue, tire, or weary (someone or something).
[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.
Similar: beleaguer, exhaust, fatigue, fordo, do for, gas out, get down, jade, knock up, poop, run someone ragged, tire
- To treat (someone or something) like a jade; to spurn. The nere-yet beaten Horſe of Parthia, / We haue iaded out o'th' Field.
- To make (someone or something) contemptible and ridiculous. I do not now foole my ſelfe, to let imagination iade mee; for euery reaſon excites to this, that my Lady loues me.
Jade³
Where it comes from
From the precious stone jade; taken into general use in the 1970s.
proper noun Jades
- 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 —
Jade⁴
proper noun Jades
- A surname
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: jadestone, chromatic, colored, plug, hack, pall, wear, nag, wear out, wear down, outwear, tire out, fatigue, weary, tire, hussy
Translations
Every language
noun gem
| Español | jade |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 비취 bichwi, 옥 ok, 경옥 gyeong'ok |
| 日本語 | 翡翠 hisui |
| हिन्दी | हरिताश्म haritāśma |
| Kiswahili | yakuti kijani |
| Português | jade |
| Français | jade |
| Deutsch | Jade |
| Italiano | giada |
| Ελληνικά | νεφρίτης nefrítis |
| Română | jad |
| Русский | нефри́т nefrít, жадеи́т žadeít, жад žad |
| Tiếng Việt | ngọc thạch |
| العربية | يَشْم yašm, يَشْب yašb |
| עברית | יַרְקָן yarqán |
noun color
| Kiswahili | rangi ya yakuti kijani |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | jadegrün |
| Română | verde ca jadul |
noun horse too old to be put to work — see also nag
| Français | carne |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | alter Gaul, Gaul, Klepper, Mähre, Schindmähre |
| Italiano | ronzino |
| Română | gloabă, mârțoagă |
| Русский | кля́ча kljáča, одёр odjór |
noun bad-tempered or disreputable woman
| Русский | него́дница negódnica, ба́ба bába, кля́ча kljáča |
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