Definition of JASPER

jasper

Meanings

Plural: jaspers

Noun

  • an opaque form of quartz; red or yellow or brown or dark green in color; used for ornamentation or as a gemstone
  • Any bright-coloured kind of chalcedony apart from cornelian.
  • An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking conchoidally with a smooth surface.
  • Jasperware pottery.
  • A wasp.
  • A person, a guy, especially seen as naïve or simple.
  • A stranger.

Verb

  • To decorate with, or as if with, jasper.

Origin / 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).

Scrabble Score: 15

jasper is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
jasper is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
jasper is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 18

jasper is a valid Words With Friends word