My daughter's obstinacy quite unnerves me, Such unforeseen and Jadish tricks she serves me.
"Turandot: The Chinese Sphinx"
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
The mere sight of that curt, pert, and Jadish name-Nell Gwynne-calls up that strangely alluring combination of features: the tip-tilted nose, the pouting lips, the eyes of a drowsy Cupid, the confident, impudent poise of the head.
"Famous Prima Donnas"
Lewis Clinton Strang