noun
jasper
JAS-puh
noun
1
An opaque, often red or yellow variety of quartz used as a decorative or semi-precious stone.
"The necklace was set with a polished piece of red jasper."
How to Use Jasper
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA colourful, opaque semi-precious stone often used in jewellery.
Common pairings
red jasper
polished jasper
jasper stone
Word Forms
jaspered past tense, jaspers plural, jaspers plural, jaspers singular
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Etymology
From Old French jaspre, from Latin iaspis, from Greek iaspis — the same word underlies the biblical and gemological uses.