jaded

From jade (“worn-out horse”), possibly from Old Norse jalda (“mare”). Jade as a term of abuse for a woman dates from 1560.[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒeɪdɪd/

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• Rhymes: -eɪdɪd

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.
2. Worn out, wearied, exhausted or lacking enthusiasm, due to age or experience.
3. Made callous or cynically insensitive, by experience.

• (having had too much of something): cloyed, gorged, glutted, satiated, sated, surfeited
• (worn out): exhausted, fatigued, wearied — see also Thesaurus:fatigued
• (Made callous or cynically insensitive, by experience): blasé

• jadedness

jaded

1. simple past tense and past participle of jade

• deadj.