jade
- noun
- /dʒeɪd/
- Offensive
- Sunset brought a few minutes of sad glory to the sky: a jade-colored stain with violet streakings.
Examples
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Jade Angelou stops cold.
Fiction book (1996) -
"Don't condescend to me, jade."
Fiction book (1999) -
"ACROSS THE PARK - JADE ANGELOU enters a city park with a rotunda of classical design.
Fiction book (1996) -
In the gossiping circle, she was often referred to as a jade for her scandalous affairs.
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The townspeople regarded her as a jade, often whispering behind her back about her questionable morals.
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Despite her charm, many viewed her as a jade due to her tumultuous relationships.
Synonyms
A woman who has many casual sexual partners and the word is offensive
A woman who has sex with someone who is married to another person
A woman who has many sexual partners and is judged by others
A woman who has sex with someone she is not married to
Antonyms
Compounds
- Philippine
A climbing evergreen plant with bright green claw-shaped flowers used for decoration
Surface Forms
Etymology
The now old-fashioned insult jade for a disreputable woman grew from the horse sense — people compared a woman they looked down on to a worthless, worn-out horse, so the word became an insult.