jadish

English

Etymology

From jade +‎ -ish.

Adjective

jadish (comparative more jadish, superlative most jadish)

1. (of a horse) Vicious and ill-tempered, like a jade.
2. (of a woman) unchaste
   • c. 1700, Roger L'Estrange, Seneca's Morals:

     A skilful rider brings his horse to obedience by mingling fair means with foul ; whereas to be perpetually switching and spurring , makes him vicious and jadish

3. Somewhat jade in color.

Derived terms

• jadishly
• jadishness

References

• “jadish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• hadjis, jihads