jasper

Meaning

Verb

To decorate with, or as if with, jasper.

Noun

1. (obsolete) Any bright-coloured kind of chalcedony apart from cornelian.
2. An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking conchoidally with a smooth surface.
3. Jasperware pottery.

Noun

1. (colloquial) A wasp.
2. (slang) A person, a guy, especially seen as naïve or simple.
3. A stranger.

Synonyms

amber

emerald

gem

💎

jasper ornament

red ball

jasperite

jasperoid

jaspis

sun-stone

invisible green

atrovirens

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈd͡ʒæs.pɚ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: jasper

Cognate with French: jaspe

In summary

From Middle English jasper, jaspre, from Old French jaspre, a variant of jaspe (modern French jaspe), from Latin iaspis, from Ancient Greek ἴασπις (íaspis).