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see|Jasper
English

Pronunciation
(US) AHD|j�sʹp�r
(UK) IPA|/�ʤæsp�/

Etymology 1
From Old French jaspre, a variant of jaspe (modern French jaspe), from Latin iaspis, from Greek ἴα��ι�, ultimately (via an oriental language) from Persian FAchar|�شپ (yašp).

Noun
Image:Jasper_ball.jpg|thumb|A jasper ball (2)
en-noun|-

1. obsolete Any bright-coloured kind of chalcedony apart from cornelian.
2. mineralogy An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking conchoidally with a smooth surface.
3. jasper ware|Jasper ware.

Translations
precious stone

Persian: �ش� (yašm), �شب (yašb)

See also
jasper ware
jasper opal

Etymology 2
From the male personal name Jasper.

Noun
en-noun

1. context|UK|colloquial A wasp.
2. context|US|slang A person, a guy, especially seen as naïve or simple.

#*1975, Tom Waits, �Nighthawk Postcards (From Easy Street)�:
#*:I'm standing on the corner like a just-got-in-town jasper.
#*2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 122:
#*:�That jasper,� sniggered Darby, �never pulled out his �dummy� for nothing but pissing, I bet you!�

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• 2007-12-13 16:14 - Wayne Roberson, Austin, Texas - /* Noun */

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