jade

¹ American  

[jeyd] / dʒeɪd /

noun

1. a worn-out, broken-down, worthless, or vicious horse.

2. a disreputable or ill-tempered woman.

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verb (used with or without object)

jaded, jading

1. to make or become dull, worn-out, or weary, as from overwork or overuse.

jade ² American  

[jeyd] / dʒeɪd /

noun

1. either of two minerals, jadeite or nephrite, sometimes green, highly esteemed as an ornamental stone for carvings, jewelry, etc.

2. an object, as a carving, made from this material.

3. Also called jade green.  green, varying from bluish green to yellowish green.

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jade ¹ British  

/ dʒeɪd /

noun

1. an old overworked horse; nag; hack

2. derogatory  a woman considered to be ill-tempered or disreputable

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verb

1. to exhaust or make exhausted from work or use

jade ² British  

/ dʒeɪd /

noun

1. 1. a semiprecious stone consisting of either jadeite or nephrite. It varies in colour from white to green and is used for making ornaments and jewellery

   2. ( as modifier )

      jade ornaments

2. 1. the green colour of jade

   2. ( as modifier )

      a jade skirt

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jade Scientific  

/ jād /

1. A hard gemstone that is pale green or white and consists either of the mineral jadeite (a pyroxene) or the mineral nephrite (an amphibole). It usually forms within metamorphic rocks.

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Other Word Forms

• jadelike adjective
• jadish adjective
• jadishly adverb
• jadishness noun

Etymology

Origin of jade¹

1350–1400; Middle English; of obscure origin

Origin of jade¹

1585–95; < French < Italian giada < obsolete Spanish ( piedra de ) ijada (stone of ) colic < Vulgar Latin *iliata, equivalent to Latin īli ( a ) flanks ( ilium ) + -ata -ate ¹; so called because supposed to cure nephritic colic

Example Sentences

“It was raw emotion without any tricks, without any wordplay, without any of the stuff that I’d been so jaded by in the industry.”

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“This kid is real. He’s not jaded or tainted by anything yet. And to Netflix’s credit, they took a chance on him.”

From Los Angeles Times

While it doesn’t share that series’ satiric humor, it is a solid mystery-thriller that Thompson’s jaded Zoë Boehm and Wilson’s tremulous but tough Sarah Tucker lift into the revelatory.

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It doesn’t take much to transform a room of jaded strangers into a representative slice of compassionate humanity.

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Both as actor and character — jaded, cynical, satisfied — he’s the series’ sane old pro, who will instruct Noa in the art of taking a cigarette break without a cigarette.

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