jasper
/ˈd͡ʒæs.pɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.59 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking conchoidally with a smooth surface.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A stranger.
name
A male given name from Old Persian.
Example Sentences
- "And list'nin to some big out-a-town jasper / Hearin' him tell about horse-race gamblin' / Not a wholesome trottin' race, no!"
- ""I stood there through almost an hour of it before they called Rooster Cogburn to the stand. I had guessed wrong as to which one he was, picking out a younger and slighter man with a badge on his shirt. And I was surprised when an old one-eyed jasper that was built along the lines of Grover Cleveland went up and was sworn.""
- "Standing on the corner like a just-got-in-town jasper"
- "“That jasper,” sniggered Darby, “never pulled out his ‘dummy’ for nothing but pissing, I bet you!”"
- "Her husband is...let me see...oh yes, he's Lord Jasper Jayne. His name sounds like the hero of a servant's novelette, but he doesn't look like that. He looks like a chucker-out in a back-street pub."
Etymology
From Middle English jasper, jaspre, from Old French jaspre, a variant of jaspe (modern French jaspe), from Latin iaspis, from Ancient Greek ἴασπις (íaspis).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: jasper, jaspre, iaspis, ἴασπις, *ganǰabarah
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈd͡ʒæs.pɚ/
- British English: /ˈd͡ʒæs.pə/
Usage
- Countable
- Obsolete
- Uncountable
- Transitive verb
- British usage
- Colloquial
- American usage
- Slang
Inflected Forms
jaspers (plural)
jaspers (present, singular)
jaspering (participle, present)
jaspered (participle, past)
jaspered (past)
Caspar (alternative)
Gaspar (alternative)
Casper (alternative)
Kaspar (alternative)
Kasper (alternative)
Kosper (alternative)
Cosper (alternative)
Derived Forms
Phrases
jasper opal
jasper ware
lavender jasper
riband jasper
xyloid jasper
Jasper County
Jasper Place
Jasper Township
Synonyms
County of Jasper
Township of Jasper