Jade Definition

jād

jaded, jading

noun

Any of various hard greenish gems used in jewelry and artistic carvings, including jadeite and nephrite.

Webster's New World

A carving made of jade.

American Heritage

A green color of medium hue.

Webster's New World

A horse, esp. a worn-out, worthless one.

Webster's New World

A loose or disreputable woman.

Webster's New World

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adjective

Made of jade.

Webster's New World

Green like jade.

Webster's New World

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verb

jaded, jading

To make or become tired, weary, or worn-out.

Webster's New World

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pronoun

A female given name.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Jade

Singular:

jade

Plural:

French (le) jade (the) jade alteration of (l')ejade from Spanish (piedra de) ijada flank (stone) (from the belief that it cured renal colic) from Vulgar Latin īliāta from Latin īlia pl. of īlium flank

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English cart-horse, nag perhaps akin to Swedish dialectal jälda mare possibly of Finno-Ugric origin and akin to Erzya (Finno-Ugric language of Russia) el’d’e Moksha (Finno-Ugric language of Russia) jäl’d’ä mare

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From French le jade, error for earlier l'ejade (“jade”), from Spanish piedra de ijada (“flank stone”), via Vulgar Latin *iliata from Latin ilia (“flank”) (Jade was thought to cure pains in the side.).

From Wiktionary
From Middle English, perhaps from Old Norse jalda (“mare”), which is from Finno-Ugric, related to Mordvin al'd'a..

From Wiktionary
From jade, taken into general use in the 1970s.

From Wiktionary