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jasper.

Any bright-coloured kind of chalcedony apart from cornelian.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈd͡ʒæs.pə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈd͡ʒɑː.pə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈd͡ʒæs.pɚ/General-American
  1. Any bright-coloured kind of chalcedony apart from cornelian.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
  2. An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking conchoidally with a smooth surface.

    countable · uncountable
  3. Jasperware pottery.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English jasper, jaspre, from Old French jaspre, a variant of jaspe (modern French jaspe), from Latin iaspis, from Ancient Greek ἴασπις (íaspis).

verb/ˈd͡ʒæs.pə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈd͡ʒɑː.pə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈd͡ʒæs.pɚ/General-American
  1. To decorate with, or as if with, jasper.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English jasper, jaspre, from Old French jaspre, a variant of jaspe (modern French jaspe), from Latin iaspis, from Ancient Greek ἴασπις (íaspis).

noun/ˈd͡ʒæs.pə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈd͡ʒɑː.pə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈd͡ʒæs.pɚ/General-American
  1. A wasp.

    UK · West-Country · colloquial
  2. A person, a guy, especially seen as naïve or simple.

    US · slang
  3. A stranger.

    Appalachia
Where this word comes from

From the male personal name Jasper.

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