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As nouns the difference between jude and jade

is that jude is in the old romanian principalities, an office with administrative and judicial responsibilities that served as a type of mayor and judge see also while jade is ice cream.

jude

English

(Epistle of Jude)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • (biblical) The penultimate book of the New Testament of the Bible.
  • (biblical character) One of the Apostles, also called Thaddaeus.
  • .

    • Quotations

    * : Jude 1:1 : *: Jude , the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called. * 1968 John Lennon-Paul McCartney: Hey Jude (a Beatles song): *: Hey Jude , don't make it bad *: Take a sad song and make it better

    Related terms

    * * Judah * Judas

    See also

    * Judith * Thaddeus * Thaddaeus

    References

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    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.
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    • 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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