Jade

n. [Fr. & Sp. jade, It. jada; of Oriental origin.] (Min.) A stone of a dark-green color, hard and compact, capable of a fine polish, and used for ornamental purposes. Dana.

n. [Prov. Eng. yaud, Scot. yade, yad, yaud.] 1. A mean or poor horse; a tired horse; a worthless nag. Tired as a jade in overladen cart. Sidney. 2. A mean woman; a wench; a quean;—used familiarly or in contempt. She shines the first of battered jades. Swift. 3. A young woman;—so called in irony or slight contempt.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. JADED; p. pr. & vb. n. JADING.]

1Sense 1. To reduce to the condition of a jade; to tire out; to fatigue;—said of a horse.

The ne’er-yet-beaten horse of Parthia We have jaded out of the field. Shak.

2Sense 2. To exhaust by excessive labor of any kind; to tire or wear out in mean offices; to harass; to crush.

I do not now fool myself, to let imagination jade me. Shak.

The mind, once jaded by an attempt above its power, is very hardly brought to exert its force again. Locke.

Synonyms—To fatigue; tire; weary; harass.—To JADE, FATIGUE, TIRE, WEARY. Fatigue is the generic term; tire denotes fatigue which wastes the strength; weary implies that a person is worn out by exertion; jade refers to the weariness created by a long and steady repetition of the same act or effort. A little exertion will tire a child or a weak person; a severe or protracted task wearies equally the body and the mind; the most powerful horse becomes jaded on a long journey by a continual straining of the same muscles. Wearied with labor of body or mind; tired of work, tired out by importunities; jaded by incessant attention to business.