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emerald
English
Etymology
From Middle English emeraude, borrowed from Old French esmeraude, from Vulgar Latin *smaralda, *smaraldus, *smaraudus, variant of Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek ????????? (smáragdos), ???????? (máragdos), from a Semitic language. Compare Hebrew ????????? (bareket, “emerald, flashing gem”), Akkadian ???????????? (baraqu, literally “scintillation”), Arabic ?????? (barq, literally “flashing”), Egyptian bwyrq? (literally “to sparkle”):
and loanwords with Semitic etymon such as Sanskrit ???? (marakata) and Persian ????? (zomorrod) (whence Turkish zümrüt and Russian ???????? (izumrúd)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??m(?)??ld/
Noun
emerald (countable and uncountable, plural emeralds)
- Any of various green gemstones, especially a green transparent form of beryl, highly valued as a precious stone.
- Emerald green, a colour.
- Any hummingbird in the genera Chlorostilbon and Elvira; and some in the genus Amazilia
- (entomology) Any of various species of dragonfly of the family Corduliidae.
- (dated, printing, Britain) A size of type between nonpareil and minion, standardized as 6½-point.
Synonyms
- (gemstone): smaragd (obsolete)
- (type size, US): minionette
Translations
Derived terms
Adjective
emerald (comparative more emerald, superlative most emerald)
- Of a rich green colour.
- 1813, Lord Byron, The Giaour
- The insect-queen of eastern spring, / O'er emerald meadows of Kashmeer / Invites the young pursuer near, / And leads him on from flower to flower / A weary chase and wasted hour.
- 1813, Lord Byron, The Giaour
Translations
Verb
emerald (third-person singular simple present emeralds, present participle emeralding, simple past and past participle emeralded)
- (transitive, poetic) To ornament with, or as if with, emeralds; to make green.
Related terms
- smaragd
- smaragdine
See also
- beryl
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Emerald”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
- “emerald”, in Mindat.org?[2], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.
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jade
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??e?d/
- Rhymes: -e?d
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French le jade, rebracketing of earlier l'ejade (“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.)
Noun
jade (usually uncountable, plural jades)
- A semiprecious stone, either nephrite or jadeite, generally green or white in color, often used for carving figurines.
- Synonyms: jadestone, jade stone, yu
- A bright shade of slightly bluish or greyish green, typical of polished jade stones.
- Synonym: jade green
- A succulent plant, Crassula ovata.
- Synonyms: jade plant, lucky plant, money plant, money tree
Derived terms
Translations
See also
Adjective
jade (not comparable)
- Of a grayish shade of green, typical of jade stones.
Etymology 2
From Middle English [Term?], either a variant of yaud or merely influenced by it. Yaud derives from Old Norse jalda (“mare”), from a Uralic language, such as Moksha ????? (el?de) or Erzya ????? (el?de). See yaud for more.
Noun
jade (plural jades)
- A horse too old to be put to work.
- 1760, Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, London: R. & J. Dodsley, Volume I, Chapter 10, p. 36,[2]
- 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.
- 1817, Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey, Chapter 11,[3]
- 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.
- Synonyms: nag, yaud
- 1760, Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, London: R. & J. Dodsley, Volume I, Chapter 10, p. 36,[2]
- (especially derogatory) A bad-tempered or disreputable woman.
- c. 1598, William Shakespeare, Much Ado about Nothing, Act I, Scene 1,[4]
- You always end with a jade’s trick: I know you of old.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Dublin: John Smith, Volume I, Book I, Chapter 4, p. 14,[5]
- 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.
- 1847, Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights, chapter III:
- ‘You shall pay me for the plague of having you eternally in my sight—do you hear, damnable jade?’
- 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 9:
- 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 lifetime 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 ...
- c. 1598, William Shakespeare, Much Ado about Nothing, Act I, Scene 1,[4]
Synonyms
- (bad-tempered woman): See Thesaurus:shrew or Thesaurus:woman
Translations
Verb
jade (third-person singular simple present jades, present participle jading, simple past and past participle jaded)
- To tire, weary or fatigue
- 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.
- (obsolete) To make ridiculous and contemptible.
Synonyms
- (to tire): See Thesaurus:tire
Derived terms
- jaded
Translations
References
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ja?d?/, [?jæ?ð?]
- Rhymes: -a?d?
Noun
jade c (singular definite jaden, uncountable)
- (mineralogy) jade
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?j?de/, [?j?de?]
- Rhymes: -?de
- Syllabification: ja?de
Noun
jade
- (mineralogy) jade
Declension
French
Etymology
Rebracketed from earlier l'ejade (“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).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ad/
Noun
jade m (plural jades)
- jade
Descendants
Further reading
- “jade” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- déjà
Portuguese
Etymology
From French le jade, rebracketing of earlier l'ejade (“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).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ad?i
Noun
jade m (plural jades)
- jade (gem)
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
jade (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- vocative singular of jad
Spanish
Etymology
From French jade, back formation from le jade, rebracketing of earlier l'ejade (“jade”), from Spanish piedra de ijada (literally “flank stone”), via Vulgar Latin *iliata from Latin ilia (“flank”) (jade was thought to cure pains in the side).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?xade/, [?xa.ð?e]
Noun
jade m (plural jades)
- (mineralogy) jade
Derived terms
- jadeíta
Anagrams
- deja
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