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jade | undefined |

As a noun jade

is ice cream.

As an adjective undefined is

lacking a definition or value.

jade

English

(wikipedia jade)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), error for earlier

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (senseid)(uncountable) A semiprecious stone either nephrite or jadeite, generally green or white in color, often used for carving figurines.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-03
    • , author=Lee A. Groat , title=Gemstones , volume=100, issue=2, page=128 , magazine=(American Scientist) citation , passage=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 .}}
  • A bright shade of slightly bluish or greyish green, typical of polished jade stones.
    • Derived terms
    {{der3, jade gate , jade green , jade plant , jade stalk , jadeite , pseudojade}}
    See also
    (other terms of interest) * californite * greenstone * nephrite * yulan *

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of a grayish shade of green, typical of jade stones.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl), either a variant of (m)Eric Partridge, Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English (ISBN 1134942168, 2006) or merely influenced by it. .Per Thorson, ''Anglo-Norse studies: an inquiry into the Scandinavian elements in the modern English dialects'', volume 1 (1936), page 52: "Yad sb. Sc Nhb Lakel Yks Lan, also in forms ''yaad'', ''yaud'', ''yawd'', ''yoad'', ''yod(e)''.... [jad, o] 'a work-horse, a mare' etc. ON ''jalda'' 'made', Sw. dial. ''jäldä'', from Finnish ''elde'' (FT p. 319, Torp p. 156 fol.). Eng. ''jade'' is not related."''Saga Book of the Viking Society for Northern Research'', page 18: "There is thus no etymological connection between ME. ''j?de'' MnE. ''jade'' and ME. ''jald'' MnE. dial. ''yaud etc. But the two words have influenced each other mutually, both formally and semantically." See (m) for more.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A horse too old to be put to work.
  • A woman.
  • *

    • Synonyms

    * (old horse) yaud

    Verb

    (jad)
  • To tire, weary or fatigue
  • * John Locke
    • The mind, once jaded by an attempt above its power, checks at any vigorous undertaking ever after.
  • (obsolete) To treat like a jade; to spurn.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • (obsolete) To make ridiculous and contemptible.
  • * Shakespeare
    • I do now fool myself, to let imagination jade me.
    Synonyms
    * See also
    Derived terms
    * jaded

    References

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    undefined

    English

    Adjective

    (wikipedia undefined) (-)
  • Lacking a definition or value.
  • (mathematics, computing) That does not have a meaning and is thus not assigned an interpretation.
    • The result of division by zero is undefined .

    Antonyms

    * defined