jade
noun
[ dʒeɪd ]
• a hard, typically green stone used for ornaments and implements and consisting of the minerals jadeite or nephrite.
• "a jade figurine"
Origin:
late 16th century: from French le jade (earlier l'ejade ), from Spanish piedra de ijada ‘stone of the flank’ (i.e. stone for colic, which it was believed to cure).
jade
noun
• a bad-tempered or disreputable woman.
• an old or worn-out horse.
Origin:
late Middle English: of unknown origin.
