| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Vicious; ill-tempered; resembling a jade; -- applied to a horse.[Websters]
2. Unchaste; -- applied to a woman.[Websters] 3. Being jaded, tired or weary. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb jadishly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (jadishly) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective jadish.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "JADISH" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references) |
Specialty Definition: JADISH
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adjective] Vitious; bad, like a jade. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
