JADE


Meaning of JADE in English

I. ˈjād noun

( -s )

Etymology: Middle English

1. : a broken-down, vicious, or worthless horse : plug

struck his armed heels against the panting sides of his poor jade — Shakespeare

2.

a. : a low or shrewish woman : wench , termagant

the painted jade into which inevitably she degenerated — Maurice Valency

b. : a flirtatious girl : minx

a laughing jade of not ungentle mold — J.G.Saxe

II. transitive verb

( -ed/-ing/-s )

1.

a. : to make a jade of (a horse) : wear out by overwork or abuse

when a horse approaches the goal, he does not, unless he is jaded, slacken his pace — William Cowper

b. : to tire by severe or tedious tasks : fatigue , fag

constant repetition of often trivial material jades one's palate — Thomas Heinitz

2. obsolete : to make ridiculous or expose to scorn

do not now fool myself, to let imagination jade me — Shakespeare

intransitive verb

: to become weary : lose heart : flag

when I feel my Muse beginning to jade , I retire to the solitary fireside of my study — Robert Burns

Synonyms: see tire

III. noun

( -s )

Etymology: French, from obsolete Spanish ( piedra de la ) ijada, literally, loin stone; Spanish ijada loin, from Latin ilia, plural of ilium, ileum groin, viscera; from the belief that jade cures renal colic — more at ileum

1. : a tough compact gemstone that is commonly green but sometimes whitish and takes a high polish:

a. : jade derived from jadeite — called also imperial jade, true jade

b. : jade derived from nephrite

2. : jade green

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.