jade
noun
either of two minerals, jadeite or nephrite, sometimes green, highly esteemed as an ornamental stone for carvings, jewelry, etc.
jadish
-
a word derived from
jade.
Example Sentences
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It sheweth Mens Nature, that when they are pampered in any kind, they are very apt to play jadish Tricks.
From A Character of King Charles the Second by George Savile, Marquis of Halifax
My daughter's obstinacy quite unnerves me, Such unforeseen and jadish tricks she serves me.
From Turandot: The Chinese Sphinx by Sabilla Novello
Now the Italian horse-dealers were so notorious that Dekker, writing about 1600, describes a swindling "horse-courser" as a "meere jadish Non-politane," a play on Neapolitan.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Ernest Weekley
