jade¹ /jād/

1. 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
2. The colour of this stone

1. Made of jade
2. Of the colour of jade

jade² /jād/

1. A pitiful, worn-out horse
2. A worthless nag
3. A woman, esp perverse, ill-natured, or not to be trusted (often ironic)

1. To exhaust or cause to flag from overwork
2. To satiate or weary from excess

To become weary

jāˈded adjective

jāˈdedly adverb

jāˈdedness noun

jāˈdery noun (obsolete)

The tricks of a jade

jāˈdish adjective (obsolete)

• Nam
• namable
• namaskar
• namaskars
• namaste
• namastes
• namby-pambical
• namby-pambies
• namby-pambiness
• namby-pamby
• namby-pambyish
• namby-pambyism
• name
• nameable
• name and shame
• name brand
• name brands
• name-calling
• namecheck
• namechecked
• namechecking
• namechecks
• name-child
• name-children
• named