Jaded
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- Worn out, wearied, or lacking enthusiasm; exhausted.
- Cynically insensitive; made callous by experience.
- Des Esseintes is the jaded protagonist of Against the Grain
Etymology
From jade, a worn-out horse, possibly from Old Norse jalda "mare". As a term of abuse for a woman, it dates from 1560. [1]
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