jade

Significat (anglès)

Noun

1. A semiprecious stone, either nephrite or jadeite, generally green or white in color, often used for carving figurines.
2. A bright shade of slightly bluish or greyish green, typical of polished jade stones.
3. A succulent plant, Crassula ovata.

Adj

Of a grayish shade of green, typical of jade stones.

Verb

1. To fatigue, tire, or weary (someone or something).
2. (obsolete) To treat (someone or something) like a jade; to spurn.
3. (obsolete) To make (someone or something) contemptible and ridiculous.

Sinònims

nag

weary

😩

tire

jade green

hack

fatigue

fag out

slut

wear out

jadestone

frazzle

emerald

jade-green

outwear

tire out

pall

plug

fag

wear upon

wear down

hussy

wear

trollop

adulteress

fornicatress

gem

💎

jadeite

light green

nephrite

old

🧓

pale

precious stone

strumpet

loose woman

quean

stone

🪨

jade vine

override

overdrive

moke

tucker

lady

haze

female

exhaust

wilt

woman

👩

female person

drab

dobbin

frazzle out

poop out

crowbait

coign

broad

crow-bait

emerald creeper

rip

rock

🪨

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/d͡ʒeɪd/

Etimologia (anglès)

Borrowed from French le jade, rebracketing of earlier l’éjade (“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.)