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.)
Meanings
(not-comparable) Of a grayish shade of green, typical of jade stones.
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.)
Meanings
(uncountable, usually) A semiprecious stone, either nephrite or jadeite, generally green or white in color, often used for carving figurines.
Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are diamond, ruby and sapphire, emerald and other gem forms of the mineral beryl, chrysoberyl, tanzanite, tsavorite, topaz and jade. 2012 March 14, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 14 Jun 2012, page 128:
(uncountable, usually) A bright shade of slightly bluish or greyish green, typical of polished jade stones.
(uncountable, usually) A succulent plant, Crassula ovata.
From Middle English jade, chade, either a variant of yaud or merely influenced by it. Yaud derives from Old Norse jalda (“mare”), from a Uralic language, such as Moksha эльде (elde) or Erzya эльде (elde). See yaud for more.
Meanings
A horse too old to be put to work.
Shee hath more qualities then a Water-Spaniell, […] Shee can fetch and carry: why a horſe can doe no more; nay, a horſe cannot fetch, but onely carry, therefore is ſhee better then a Iade. c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i], page 30, column 2:
That Iade hath eate bread from my Royall hand. / This hand hath made him proud with clapping him. 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene v]:
[F]requent jot / Of his hard ſetting jade did ſo confound / The vvords that he by papyr-ſtealth had got, / That their loſt ſenſe the youngſter could not ſound, / Though he vvith mimical attention did abound. 1640 (date written), H[enry] M[ore], “ΨΥΧΟΖΩΙΑ [Psychozōia], or A Christiano-platonicall Display of Life, […]”, in ΨΥΧΩΔΙΑ [Psychōdia] Platonica: Or A Platonicall Song of the Soul, […], Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Roger Daniel, printer to the Universitie, published 1642, →OCLC, book 2, stanza 47, page 26:
Let that be as it may, as my purpoſe is to do exact juſtice to every creature brought upon the ſtage of this dramatic work,—I could not ſtifle this diſtinction in favour of Don Quixote’s horſe;—in all other points the parſon’s horſe, I ſay, was juſt ſuch another,—for he was as lean, and as lank, and as ſorry a jade, as Humility herſelf could have beſtrided. 1759, [Laurence Sterne], chapter X, in The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, 2nd (1st London) edition, volume I, London: […] R[obert] and J[ames] Dodsley […], published 1760, →OCLC, page 36:
The king had no other horse to give him but an old jade, for his six brothers and their men had taken all the other horses, but Ashiepattle did not mind that; he mounted the shabby old nag. 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H. L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 55:
My horse would have trotted to Clifton within the hour, if left to himself, and I have almost broke my arm with pulling him in to that cursed broken-winded jade’s pace. 1803 (date written), [Jane Austen], chapter X, in Northanger Abbey; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. […], volume I, London: John Murray, […], 20 December 1817 (indicated as 1818), →OCLC, page 201:
(derogatory, especially) A bad-tempered or disreputable woman.
You alwayes end with a iades tricke, I knowe you of olde. 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, Much Adoe about Nothing. […], quarto edition, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for Andrew Wise, and William Aspley, published 1600, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
However, what ſhe withheld from the Infant, ſhe beſtowed with the utmoſt Profuſeneſs on the poor unknown Mother, whom ſhe called an impudent Slut, a wanton Huſſy, an audacious Harlot, a wicked Jade, a vile Strumpet, with every other Appellation with which the Tongue of Virtue never fails to laſh thoſe who bring a Diſgrace on the Sex. 1749, Henry Fielding, “The Reader’s Neck Brought into Danger by a Description, His Escape, and the Great Condescension of Miss Bridget Allworthy”, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume I, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book I, page 21:
You shall pay me for the plague of having you eternally in my sight—do you hear, damnable jade? 1847 December, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë], chapter III, in Wuthering Heights: […], volume I, London: Thomas Cautley Newby, […], →OCLC, page 64:
Sir Pitt Crawley was a philosopher with a taste for what is called low life. His first marriage with the daughter of the noble Binkie had been made under the auspices of his parents; and as he often told Lady Crawley in her life-time she was such a confounded quarrelsome high-bred jade that when she died he was hanged if he would ever take another of her sort […] 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, “Family Portraits”, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC, page 73:
bg кранта (horse too old to be put to work — see also nag) · de Gaul (horse too old to be put to work — see also nag) · ka კადნიერი ქალი (bad-tempered or disreputable woman) · pl szkapa (horse too old to be put to work — see also nag) · mk ку́чка (bad-tempered or disreputable woman) · vo lujevod (horse too old to be put to work — see also nag) · ru него́дница (bad-tempered or disreputable woman) · ru кля́ча (horse too old to be put to work — see also nag) · is jálkur (horse too old to be put to work — see also nag) · ro gloabă (horse too old to be put to work — see also nag) · cs (stará) herka (horse too old to be put to work — see also nag) · hu gebe (horse too old to be put to work — see also nag) · fr carne (horse too old to be put to work — see also nag) · pl chabeta (horse too old to be put to work — see also nag) · ro mârțoagă (horse too old to be put to work — see also nag) · mk ве́штерка (bad-tempered or disreputable woman) · ru кля́ча (bad-tempered or disreputable woman) · ka ჯაგლაგი (horse too old to be put to work — see also nag) · de Klepper (horse too old to be put to work — see also nag) · cy jaden (bad-tempered or disreputable woman) · fi luuska (bad-tempered or disreputable woman) · de alter Gaul (horse too old to be put to work — see also nag) · de Schindmähre (horse too old to be put to work — see also nag) · ru ба́ба (bad-tempered or disreputable woman) · ru одёр (horse too old to be put to work — see also nag) · de Mähre (horse too old to be put to work — see also nag) · it ronzino (horse too old to be put to work — see also nag) · fi luuska (horse too old to be put to work — see also nag)
From Middle English jade, chade, either a variant of yaud or merely influenced by it. Yaud derives from Old Norse jalda (“mare”), from a Uralic language, such as Moksha эльде (elde) or Erzya эльде (elde). See yaud for more.
Meanings
(transitive) To fatigue, tire, or weary (someone or something).
[T]he Mind once jaded by an attempt above its Power, it either is diſabl'd for the future, or elſe checks at any vigorous Undertaking ever after, at leaſt is very hardly brought to exert its Force again on any Subject that requires Thought and Meditation. a. 1705, John Locke, “Of the Conduct of the Understanding”, in Posthumous Works of Mr. John Locke: […], London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], published 1706, →OCLC, § 27, page 84:
(obsolete, transitive) To treat (someone or something) like a jade; to spurn.
The nere-yet beaten Horſe of Parthia, / We haue iaded out o'th' Field. c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i], page 352, column 1:
(obsolete, transitive) To make (someone or something) contemptible and ridiculous.
I do not now foole my ſelfe, to let imagination iade mee; for euery reaſon excites to this, that my Lady loues me. c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene v], page 264, column 1:
es enfastiar (to fatigue, tire, or weary — see also fatigue, tire, exhaust) · bg преуморявам (to fatigue, tire, or weary — see also fatigue, tire, exhaust) · ka დატანჯვა (to fatigue, tire, or weary — see also fatigue, tire, exhaust) · fi kulua (to fatigue, tire, or weary — see also fatigue, tire, exhaust) · es agotar (to fatigue, tire, or weary — see also fatigue, tire, exhaust) · ro obosi (to fatigue, tire, or weary — see also fatigue, tire, exhaust) · ro epuiza (to fatigue, tire, or weary — see also fatigue, tire, exhaust) · es hastiar (to fatigue, tire, or weary — see also fatigue, tire, exhaust) · es enhastiar (to fatigue, tire, or weary — see also fatigue, tire, exhaust) · fi kuluttaa (to fatigue, tire, or weary — see also fatigue, tire, exhaust) · es hartar (to fatigue, tire, or weary — see also fatigue, tire, exhaust) · fi väsyä (to fatigue, tire, or weary — see also fatigue, tire, exhaust) · fi väsyttää (to fatigue, tire, or weary — see also fatigue, tire, exhaust) · ka დაღლა (to fatigue, tire, or weary — see also fatigue, tire, exhaust) · ru утомля́ть (to fatigue, tire, or weary — see also fatigue, tire, exhaust) · ro extenua (to fatigue, tire, or weary — see also fatigue, tire, exhaust)