Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Skittish; vicious: said of a horse.
- Ill-conditioned; unchaste: said of a woman.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Vicious; ill-tempered; resembling a jade; -- applied to a horse.
- adjective Unchaste; -- applied to a woman.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of a horse
Vicious and ill-tempered, like ajade . - adjective of a woman
unchaste
Etymologies
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jade + -ish
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Examples
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Socrates, will for such jadish tricks give the asse his due burthen of bastonadas.
Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592 Arthur Acheson 1897
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Socrates would not kicke againe, if an asse did kicke at him, yet some that cannot be so wise, and will not be so patient as Socrates, will for such jadish tricks give the asse his due burthen of bastonadas.
Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592 Arthur Acheson 1897
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