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jaundice

noun
/ˈd͡ʒɔːndɪs/UK/ˈd͡ʒɔndɪs/US/ˈd͡ʒɒndɪs/CA/ˈd͡ʒoːndɪs/

Etymology

From Middle English jaundis, jaunis, from Middle French jaunisse, from jaune (“yellow”) + -isse (“-ness”). Jaune, from Old French jalne, from Latin galbinus (“yellowish”), from galbus (“yellow”).

  1. derived from galbinus
  2. derived from jalne
  3. derived from jaunisse
  4. inherited from jaundis

Definitions

  1. A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine.

    • Why ſhould a man whoſe bloud is warme within, / Sit like his Grandſire, cut in Alabaſter? / Sleepe when he wakes? and creep into the Iaundies / By being peeuiſh?
    • But look in this new mirror, lovely friend. / Both gods and fairies wait on lovers' wills. / That jaundices be changed to daffodils!

  2. A feeling of bitterness, resentment or jealousy.

    • No, sir, he, / Vex'd with a morbid devil in his blood / That veil'd the world with jaundice, hid his face / From all men, and commercing with himself, / He lost the sense that handles daily life— […]

  3. To affect with jaundice

    To affect with jaundice; to color by prejudice or envy; to prejudice.

    • The envy of wealth jaundiced his soul.

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Derived

black jaundice, blue jaundice, green jaundice, hepatogenous jaundice, jaundice root, pseudojaundice

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA