different between jaden vs retarded

English

Etymology

jade +? -en

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?d?n

Adjective

jaden (not comparable)

1. (rare, nonstandard) Made of, resembling, or pertaining to jade.
   • 1988, Florian C. Reiter, "The Visible Divinity: The Sacred Icon in Religious Taoism", Nachrichten der Gesellschaft für Natur- und Völkerkunde Ostasiens (NOAG), Issue 144, page 66:

     They were led by white rays to a spot where they found a jaden figure of Lao-tzu buried in the ground.

   • 2007, Nathan Redman, "Ave", in Bloodwork: Poems, Xulon Press (2007), page 327:

     O Ruby Rose on Jasmine Leaf and Jaden Rod!

   • 2013, Hans Ulrich Vogel, Marco Polo Was in China: New Evidence from Currencies, Salts and Revenues, Brill (2013), ?ISBN, page 114:

     A red stamp was impressed on the notes by means of the jaden state seal, the ?l, with which the rulers were invested.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:jaden.

Dutch

Etymology

jade +? -en

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?d?n

Adjective

jaden (not comparable)

1. (attributive) jade, jaden

German

Etymology

Jade +? -en

Pronunciation

Adjective

jaden (not comparable)

1. (attributive) jade, jaden

Declension

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *(j)edin?, from Proto-Indo-European *h?ed-(H)iHnos, from *(H)óy(H)nos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?jad?n/

Numeral

jaden (feminine jadna, neuter jadno)

1. one
2. (in plural) some

Declension

Further reading

• jaden in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): S?ownik dolnoserbskeje r?cy a jeje nar?cow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
• jaden in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski s?ownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.

English

Etymology

From retard +? -ed.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???t??d?d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?i?t??d?d/

Adjective

retarded (comparative more retarded, superlative most retarded)

1. Delayed; delayed in development, hindered; impeded. [from 17th c.]
   • 2004, Duncan Mackay, The Observer, 8 Aug 2004:

     HGH, which was originally developed to assist children with retarded growth, is believed to be especially popular with sprinters.

2. (psychology, now offensive, dated) Having mental retardation; mentally deficient or underdeveloped.
   • 2000, Kate Connolly, The Guardian, 19 Apr 2000:

     The European Roma Rights Centre in Budapest, which is representing the children - from the north-eastern city of Ostrava - said that the education ministry and local authorities had for decades "perpetuated a system which routinely brands disproportionate numbers of Gypsies as mentally retarded".

3. (psychology, now offensive, dated) Specifically, having an IQ below 70. [from 19th c.]
4. (colloquial, derogatory, offensive) Extremely stupid. [from 20th c.]
   • 1988, Raymond E Feist, Faerie Tale:

     Looking at Jack, Gabbie said, "What?" "That's the Troll Bridge." She groaned at the pun. "That's retarded."

5. (physics) Designating a parameter of an electromagnetic field which is adjusted to account for the finite speed of radiation. [from 20th c.]

Translations

Verb

retarded

1. simple past tense and past participle of retard

Anagrams

• retraded

Cebuano

Etymology

From English retarded, from retard, from Middle English, from Anglo-Norman or Latin, from Old French retarder, from Latin retard?re (“to retard”), from re- + tardus (“slow”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: re?tar?ded

Adjective

retarded

1. retarded; having mental retardation; mentally deficient

Noun

retarded

1. a retard