jadishadj.
/ˈdʒeɪdɪʃ/ Of the nature of, or having the characteristics of, a jade; of or pertaining to a jade.
a. Of a horse.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > temperament > [adjective] > vicious or bad-tempered
jadish1590
unlucky1678
vicious1711
fratched1847
jady1873
smoky1899
1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall sig. Dv Such Iadish trickes make a sound horse to be suspected.
1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (ii. 21) 1062 A Horse of the best mettle, when he falls into the hands of a Carrier, and is made a Pack-horse, becomes dull and jadish.
1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. iv. 91 He [sc. a horse] will be apt to tire, and grow jadish, before he has travelled many Miles.
1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. ii. 177 He must provide provender for his horse..for if weak and jadish..he will not perform the journey well.
a1843 in R. Southey Common-place Bk. (1851) 4th Ser. 412/2 The Eclipses [sc. racehorses], jadish, speedy, and uncertain.
b. Of a person, esp. a woman.
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the world > people > person > woman > [adjective] > having other qualities
jadish1573
petite1766
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [adjective] > unchaste or sexually compliant (of women)
strumpeta1382
jadish1573
comingc1576
short heeled1591
loose in the hilts1598
loose-legged1598
loose-tailed1598
light-tailed1600
overscutched1600
stuprous1603
light-skirted1607
brothelly1608
light-heeled1611
wagtailed1648
loose-hilteda1652
feather-heeleda1674
loose-gowneda1717
frank1744
shake-tail1782
(a woman) of a certain description1803
hetaeric1868
round-heeled1926
floozy?1930
trampy1944
slack1951
slaggy1973
1573 G. Harvey Schollers Loove in Let.-bk. (1884) 141 There is not a Besse..That hath such iadysh qualityes.
a1639 T. Dekker et al. Witch of Edmonton (1658) iv. i. 38 This Jadish Witch, Mother Sawyer.
a1640 J. Day & H. Chettle Blind-beggar (1659) sig. C2 Sirrah Horse-courser, I'll course you one day for your Jadish tricks.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Jadish,..also lewd, as a Jade or Strumpet.
Derivatives
ˈjadishly adv.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > temperament > [adverb] > viciously or bad-temperedly
jadishly1593
1593 Tell-Trothes New-yeares Gift (1876) 41 He begins to be jadishly tired.
?a1640 Lady Alimony i. iii. sig. Biv My legs have been taught to pace iambicks: and jadishly to enterfear upon any condition.
ˈjadishness n.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > temperament > [noun] > vicious or bad-tempered > quality of being
jadishness1594
jaderya1625
milling1897
1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits iii. 30 Amongst horses are found many iadishnesses, and good qualities.
1659 G. Torriano Florio's Vocabolario Italiano & Inglese Cavallinità, coltishness, jadishness, jadish condition.
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