jaundice
noun
- unhealthy yellowness of the skin
verb
- to affect with jaundice
- to affect with envy or jealousy
- to tinge the views or judgement of
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɔːndɪs/ / /ˈd͡ʒɔndɪs/ / /ˈd͡ʒɑndɪs/
noun
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”).
- 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!”
- 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— […]”
verb
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”).
- To affect with jaundice; to color by prejudice or envy; to prejudice.
“The envy of wealth jaundiced his soul.”