noun

1. any of various hard greenish gems used in jewelry and artistic carvings, including jadeite and nephrite
2. a green color of medium hue

Etymology: Fr < Sp (piedra de) ijada, (stone of) the side, loin < VL *iliata < L ilia, pl. of ileum (see ileum): from the notion that it cured pains in the side

adjective

1. made of jade
2. green like jade

noun

1. a horse, esp. a worn-out, worthless one
2. 1. a loose or disreputable woman
   2. Now Rare a saucy, pert young woman

Etymology: ME, prob. via Anglo-Fr < ON jalda, a mare < Finn

transitive verb, intransitive verb jaded jad′ed, jading jad′·ing