jaded

English

Etymology

From jade (“worn-out horse”), possibly from Old Norse jalda (“mare”). Jade as a term of abuse for a woman dates from 1560.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒeɪdɪd/

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• Rhymes: -eɪdɪd

Adjective

jaded (comparative more jaded, superlative most jaded)

1. Bored or lacking enthusiasm, typically after having been over exposed to, or having consumed too much of something.

   Synonyms: cloyed, gorged, glutted, satiated, sated, surfeited

   • 1927 September, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “Little Mother up the Möderberg”, in The Short Stories of H. G. Wells, London: Ernest Benn Limited , →OCLC, page 641:

     When she came, I could see at a glance she was tired and jaded and worried, and so, instead of letting her fret about in the hotel and get into a wearing tangle of gossip, I packed her and two knapsacks up, and started off on a long, refreshing, easy-going walk northward, until a blister on her foot stranded us at the Magenruhe Hotel on the Sneejoch.

   • 1981, “Too Drunk to Fuck”, performed by Dead Kennedys:

     But now I am jaded / You're out of luck / I'm rolling down the stairs / Too drunk to fuck

2. Worn out, wearied, exhausted or lacking enthusiasm, due to age or experience.

   Synonyms: exhausted, fatigued, wearied; see also Thesaurus:fatigued

3. Made callous or cynically insensitive, by experience.

   Synonym: blasé

Derived terms

• jadedness

Translations

Verb

jaded

1. simple past and past participle of jade

References

Anagrams

• deadj.