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    Default A little question about some 17th century English words ?

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    What is "the Jades" "or "their Gilting". ? (I can understand the rest of it perfectly well but what on earth does these two words mean ?)



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    The answer was in the comments:

    A 'jade' is 'a disreputable or ill-tempered woman' (a shrew, a bitch). As for 'their Gilting complain', they meant 'jilting'. 'To jilt' is 'to trick a man by flattering his love with hopes' (from Samuel Johnson's 18th-century dictionary; not the same as the modern sense).


    EDIT: Actually, I just realised you asked the question there, too, so you already know...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Daos View Post
    The answer was in the comments:

    A 'jade' is 'a disreputable or ill-tempered woman' (a shrew, a bitch). As for 'their Gilting complain', they meant 'jilting'. 'To jilt' is 'to trick a man by flattering his love with hopes' (from Samuel Johnson's 18th-century dictionary; not the same as the modern sense).


    EDIT: Actually, I just realised you asked the question there, too, so you already know...
    Really? You learn something new every day.

    There's some Pakistani woman in my town call that - I always though she was named after the green stone used in Chinese Jewellery. No I know the other meaning.

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