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jasper en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈd͡ʒæs.pə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈd͡ʒɑː.pə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈd͡ʒæs.pɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

Forms

Deriveds

jasperite · jasperated · jasperous · lavender jasper · jasper opal · pseudojasper · jasperware · jasper ware · xyloid jasper · riband jasper · jaspery · jasperize · jasperization · jaspidean · jasperoid

Translations (65)

ar يَشْب (precious stone) · lv jašma (precious stone) · et jaspis (precious stone) · fa یشب (precious stone) · pl jaspis (precious stone) · io jaspo (precious stone) · hy հասպիս (precious stone) · mi hāpita (precious stone) · it diaspro (precious stone) · el ίασπις (precious stone) · fa یشم (precious stone) · lad djaspe (precious stone) · chr ᏣᏍᏆ (precious stone) · th แจสเปอร์ (precious stone) · mi hahapa (precious stone) · eo jaspo (precious stone) · fr jaspe (precious stone) · gl xaspe (precious stone) · tr jasper (precious stone) · sk jaspis (precious stone) · oc jaspi (precious stone) · ro jasp (precious stone) · cy iasbis (precious stone) · cs jaspis (precious stone) · az yəşəm (precious stone) · ja 碧玉 (precious stone) · ga seaspar (precious stone) · bg яспис (precious stone) · hi यशब (precious stone) · nah tecpacuihcuilli (precious stone) · sv jaspis (precious stone) · de Jaspis (precious stone) · ug يەشمە (precious stone) · cmn 碧玉 (precious stone) · uz yashma (precious stone) · ko 벽옥 (precious stone) · az yaşma (precious stone) · ja ジャスパー (precious stone) · cy maen iasbis (precious stone) · nl jaspis (precious stone) · hu jáspis (precious stone) · cy glain cawod (precious stone) · uk я́шма (precious stone) · la iaspis (precious stone) · grc ἴασπις (precious stone) · ca jaspi (precious stone) · uk я́спис (precious stone) · he ישפה (precious stone) · tl haspe (precious stone) · lt jaspis (precious stone) · ka იასპი (precious stone) · kk яшма (precious stone) · ar يَشْم (precious stone) · sw yaspa (precious stone) · no jaspis (precious stone) · es jaspe (precious stone) · ru я́шма (precious stone) · tr yeşim (precious stone) · pt jaspe (precious stone) · da jaspis (precious stone) · is jaspis (precious stone) · fi jaspis (precious stone) · hi सूर्यकांत (precious stone) · ru я́спис (precious stone) · lmo diasper (precious stone)

jasper en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈd͡ʒæs.pə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈd͡ʒɑː.pə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈd͡ʒæs.pɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (transitive) To decorate with, or as if with, jasper.

Forms

jasper en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈd͡ʒæs.pə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈd͡ʒɑː.pə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈd͡ʒæs.pɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From the male personal name Jasper.

Meanings

1. (UK, West-Country, colloquial, qualifier:Somerset) A wasp.
2. (US, slang) A person, a guy, especially seen as naïve or simple.
   • Standing on the corner like a just-got-in-town jasper 1975, “Nighthawk Postcards (From Easy Street)”, in Nighthawks at the Diner, performed by Tom Waits:
   • “That jasper,” sniggered Darby, “never pulled out his ‘dummy’ for nothing but pissing, I bet you!” 2006, Thomas Pynchon, “The Light over the Ranges”, in Against the Day, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 110:
   • And list'nin to some big out-a-town jasper / Hearin' him tell about horse-race gamblin' / Not a wholesome trottin' race, no! 1957, Meredith Willson, “Ya Got Trouble”, in The Music Man:
   • "I stood there through almost an hour of it before they called Rooster Cogburn to the stand. I had guessed wrong as to which one he was, picking out a younger and slighter man with a badge on his shirt. And I was surprised when an old one-eyed jasper that was built along the lines of Grover Cleveland went up and was sworn." 1968, Charles Portis, “True Grit”, in The Saturday Evening Post:
3. (Appalachia) A stranger.

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