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Webster 1913 Edition


Jade

Jade

(jād)
,
Noun.
[F., fr. Sp.
jade
, fr. piedra de
ijada
stone of the side, fr.
ijada
flank, side, pain in the side, the stone being so named because it was supposed to cure this pain. Sp.
ijada
is derived fr. L.
ilia
flanks. Cf.
Iliac
.]
1.
(Min.)
A stone, commonly of a pale to dark green color but sometimes whitish. It is very hard and compact, capable of fine polish, and is used for ornamental purposes and for implements, esp. in Eastern countries and among many early peoples.
☞ The general term jade includes nephrite, a compact variety of tremolite with a specific gravity of 3, and also the mineral jadeite, a silicate of alumina and soda, with a specific gravity of 3.3. The latter is the more highly prized and includes the feitsui of the Chinese. The name has also been given to other tough green minerals capable of similar use.

Jade

,
Noun.
[OE.
jade
; cf. Prov. E.
yaud
, Scot.
yade
,
yad
,
yaud
, Icel.
jalda
a mare.]
1.
A mean or tired horse; a worthless nag.
Chaucer.
Tired as a
jade
in overloaden cart.
Sir P. Sidney.
2.
A disreputable or vicious woman; a wench; a quean; also, sometimes, a worthless man.
Shak.
She shines the first of battered
jades
.
Swift.
3.
A young woman; – generally so called in irony or slight contempt.
A souple
jade
she was, and strang.
Burns.

Jade

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Jaded
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Jading
.]
1.
To treat like a jade; to spurn.
[Obs.]
Shak.
2.
To make ridiculous and contemptible.
[Obs.]
I do now fool myself, to let imagination
jade
me.
Shakespeare
3.
To exhaust by overdriving or long-continued labor of any kind; to tire, make dull, or wear out by severe or tedious tasks; to harass.
Syn. – To fatigue; tire; weary; harass.
– To
Jade
,
Fatigue
,
Tire
,
Weary
. Fatigue is the generic term; tire denotes fatigue which wastes the strength; weary implies that a person is worn out by exertion; jade refers to the weariness created by a long and steady repetition of the same act or effort. A little exertion will tire a child or a weak person; a severe or protracted task wearies equally the body and the mind; the most powerful horse becomes jaded on a long journey by a continual straining of the same muscles. Wearied with labor of body or mind; tired of work, tired out by importunities; jaded by incessant attention to business.

Jade

,
Verb.
I.
To become weary; to lose spirit.
They . . . fail, and
jade
, and tire in the prosecution.
South.

Webster 1828 Edition


Jade

JADE

,
Noun.
1.
A mean or poor horse; a tired horse; a worthless nag.
Tired as a jade in overloaden cart.
2.
A mean woman; a word of contempt, noting sometimes age, but generally vice.
She shines the first of battered jades.
3.
A young woman; in irony or slight contempt.

JADE

,
Noun.
A mineral called also nephrite or nephritic stone,remarkable for its hardness and tenacity, of a color more or less green, and of a resinous or oily aspect when polished. It is fusible into a glass or enamel. Cleveland divides jade into three subspecies, nephrite, saussurite, and axestone. It is found in detached masses or inhering in rocks.

JADE

,
Verb.
T.
To tire; to fatigue; to weary with hard service; as, to jade a horse.
1.
To weary with attention or study; to tire.
The mind once jaded by an attempt above its power, is very hardly brought to exert its force again.
2.
To harass; to crush.
3.
To tire or wear out in mean offices; as a jaded groom.
4.
To ride; to rule with tyranny.
I do not now fool myself, to let imagination jade me.

JADE

,
Verb.
I.
To become weary; to lose spirit; to sink.
They are promising in the beginning,but they fail and jade and tire in the prosecution.

Definition 2024


jáde

jáde

See also: jade, Jade, jäde, and jadę

Hungarian

jade

Noun

jáde (plural jádék)

  1. jade

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative jáde jádék
accusative jádét jádékat
dative jádénak jádéknak
instrumental jádéval jádékkal
causal-final jádéért jádékért
translative jádévá jádékká
terminative jádéig jádékig
essive-formal jádeként jádékként
essive-modal
inessive jádéban jádékban
superessive jádén jádékon
adessive jádénál jádéknál
illative jádéba jádékba
sublative jádéra jádékra
allative jádéhoz jádékhoz
elative jádéból jádékból
delative jádéról jádékról
ablative jádétól jádéktól
Possessive forms of jáde
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. jádém jádéim
2nd person sing. jádéd jádéid
3rd person sing. jádéja jádéi
1st person plural jádénk jádéink
2nd person plural jádétok jádéitok
3rd person plural jádéjuk jádéik

Derived terms