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Jaundice
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- 1 A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine. countable, uncountable
"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?"
- 2 a rough and bitter manner wordnet
- 3 A feeling of bitterness, resentment or jealousy. countable, figuratively, uncountable
"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— […]"
- 4 yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes caused by an accumulation of bile pigment (bilirubin) in the blood; can be a symptom of gallstones or liver infection or anemia wordnet
- 1 To affect with jaundice; to color by prejudice or envy; to prejudice. transitive
"The envy of wealth jaundiced his soul."
- 2 affect with, or as if with, jaundice wordnet
- 3 distort adversely wordnet
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”).
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”).
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