Meanings
jaspis1
- obsoleteuncountableObsolete form of jasper.
These following bodies do not draw: smaragd, achates, corneolus, pearl, jaspis, chalcedonius, alabaster, porphyry, coral, marble, touchstone, haematites, or bloodstone […]
1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC
Jaspis2
- slanglifestyleThe ship of characters of Jasper and Lapis Lazuli from the Steven Universe series.
Origin
Blend of Jasper + Lapis; the latter’s name is from lapis lazuli.
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