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jade1 /jād/ noun- A hard ornamental stone of varying shades of green and sometimes almost white, existing in two forms: nephrite (silicate of calcium and magnesium) and jadeˈite (silicate of aluminium and sodium), once believed to cure side pains
- The colour of this stone
adjective- Made of jade
- Of the colour of jade
ORIGIN: Fr, from Sp ijada the flank, from L ilia jade2 /jād/ noun- A pitiful, worn-out horse
- A worthless nag
- A woman, esp perverse, ill-natured, or not to be trusted (often ironic)
transitive verb- To exhaust or cause to flag from overwork
- To satiate or weary from excess
intransitive verb To become weary ORIGIN: Origin unknown; cf ON jalda a mare, Scot yaud jāˈded adjective jāˈdedly adverb jāˈdedness noun jāˈdery noun (obsolete) The tricks of a jade jāˈdish adjective (obsolete) |