jaded
English
editEtymology
editFrom jade (“worn-out horse”), possibly from Old Norse jalda (“mare”). Jade as a term of abuse for a woman dates from 1560.[1]
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editjaded (comparative more jaded, superlative most jaded)
- Bored or lacking enthusiasm, typically after having been over exposed to, or having consumed too much of something.
- 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
- Worn out, wearied, exhausted or lacking enthusiasm, due to age or experience.
- Synonyms: exhausted, fatigued, wearied; see also Thesaurus:fatigued
- Made callous or cynically insensitive, by experience.
- Synonyms: blasé, world-weary
Derived terms
editTranslations
editWorn out, wearied, or lacking enthusiasm; exhausted
Cynically insensitive; made callous by experience
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Verb
editjaded
- simple past and past participle of jade
References
edit- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “jaded”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.