jasper
An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking…An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking conchoidally with a smooth surface.
» Jasper never liked his name and planned to change it someday.
Meaning
6 senses(countable, uncountable)An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking conchoidally with a smooth surface.
an opaque form of quartz; red or yellow or brown or dark green in color; used for ornamentation or as a gemstone
(countable, uncountable)Jasperware pottery.
(UK, West Country, colloquial)A wasp.
(US, slang)A person, a guy, especially seen as naïve or simple.
(Appalachia)A stranger.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Any bright-coloured kind of chalcedony apart from cornelian.
Examples
2 sentencesJasper never liked his name and planned to change it someday.
None of your sass, Jasper, or I'll keelhaul you!
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English jasper, jaspre, from Old French jaspre, a variant of jaspe (modern FreFrom Middle English jasper, jaspre, from Old French jaspre, a variant of jaspe (modern French jaspe), from Latin iaspis, from Ancient Greek ἴασπις (íaspis).
From the male personal name Jasper.
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Forms
plural: jaspersWord family
13 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable