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jaded

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jad⋅ed

  [jey-did]
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–adjective
1. dulled or satiated by overindulgence: a jaded appetite.
2. worn out or wearied, as by overwork or overuse.
3. dissipated: a jaded reprobate.
Origin:
1585–95; jade 2 + -ed 2

Related forms:
jad⋅ed⋅ly, adverb
jad⋅ed⋅ness, noun

jade

2  [jeyd] noun, verb, jad⋅ed, jad⋅ing.
–noun
1. a worn-out, broken-down, worthless, or vicious horse.
2. a disreputable or ill-tempered woman.
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
3. to make or become dull, worn-out, or weary, as from overwork or overuse.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME; of obscure orig.

Related forms:
jadish, adjective
jad⋅ish⋅ly, adverb
jad⋅ish⋅ness, noun
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jade 2   (jād)   
v.   jad·ed, jad·ing, jades

v.   tr.
To wear out, as by overuse or overindulgence. See Synonyms at tire1.
v.   intr.
To become weary or spiritless.
n.  

  1. A broken-down or useless horse; a nag.

  2. A woman regarded as disreputable or shrewish.


[From Middle English iade, cart-horse, nag; akin to Swedish dialectal jälda, mare, possibly of Finno-Ugric origin.]
jad·ed   (jā'dĭd)   
adj.  

  1. Worn out; wearied: "My father's words had left me jaded and depressed" (William Styron).

  2. Dulled by surfeit; sated: "the sickeningly sweet life of the amoral, jaded, bored upper classes" (John Simon).

  3. Cynically or pretentiously callous.

jad'ed·ly adv., jad'ed·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

jade  (1)
"gemstone," 1598, from Fr. le jade, error for earlier l'ejade, from Sp. piedra de (la) ijada (1569), "stone of colic, pain in the side" (jade was thought to cure this), from V.L. *iliata, from L. ilia (pl.) "flanks, kidney area."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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