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jaspis

jaspis is the obsolete form of jasper.

Meaning of jasper

Noun (1)

jasper (countable and uncountable, plural jaspers)

  1. (obsolete) Any bright-coloured kind of chalcedony apart from cornelian.
  2. An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking conchoidally with a smooth surface.
  3. Jasperware pottery.

Noun (2)

jasper (plural jaspers)

  1. (UK, West-Country, colloquial, Somerset) A wasp.
  2. (US, slang) A person, a guy, especially seen as naïve or simple.
    • And list'nin to some big out-a-town jasper / Hearin' him tell about horse-race gamblin' / Not a wholesome trottin' race, no!1957, Meredith Willson, “Ya Got Trouble”, in The Music Man
  3. (Appalachia) A stranger.

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Proper noun capitalized: Jaspis

Jaspis

  1. (slang) The ship of characters of Jasper and Lapis Lazuli from the Steven Universe series.

Origin of jaspis

Blend of Jasper + Lapis; the latter’s name is from lapis lazuli.

Questions about jaspis

What does jaspis mean?
Jaspis means the ship of characters of Jasper and Lapis Lazuli from the Steven Universe series.
What is jaspis the obsolete form of?
Jaspis is the obsolete form of jasper.
What part of speech is jaspis?
Jaspis is a proper noun.

Words near jaspis in the dictionary

  1. jaspidean
  2. jaspideous
  3. jaspilite
  4. jaspilites
  5. jaspillite
  6. jaspis
  7. jasplakinolide
  8. jasplakinolides
  9. jaspoid
  10. jasponyx
  11. jaspopal

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