jasper
jasper Lexical Profile
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• noun
An opaque, microcrystalline variety of quartz or chalcedony that occurs in red, yellow, brown, or green colors due to mineral impurities and is often polished for use as a gemstone or ornamental stone.
"The jeweler set a polished piece of red jasper into the center of the silver pendant."
An alpine town in western Alberta, Canada, located in the Athabasca River valley within the Canadian Rockies and serving as the commercial center of Jasper National Park.
A fine, dense, unglazed stoneware developed by Josiah Wedgwood in the late 18th century, typically stained blue, green, or lavender and decorated with white cameo reliefs.
"The museum's ceramics gallery features several neoclassical vases crafted from Wedgwood jasper."
British A common social wasp of the family Vespidae (especially Vespula vulgaris), widespread across Britain and characterized by its black-and-yellow striped abdomen and painful sting.
"We had to move our picnic indoors when a swarm of jaspers started hovering around the jam."
• Rhymes for jasper
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in Middle English from Anglo-Norman jaspre and Old French jaspe, from Latin iaspis, via Ancient Greek ἴασπις (íaspis), ultimately of Semitic origin (compare Hebrew יָשְׁפֵה, yāšְpēh, meaning 'spotted stone').