Sekirov Dictionary

jaundice

/ˈd͡ʒɔːndɪs/

noun 2
verb 1
forms 3

noun2

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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? — 1596
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(figurative) 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— […] — 1842

verb1

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To affect with jaundice; to color by prejudice or envy; to prejudice.
- The envy of wealth jaundiced his soul. — 1850

forms

jaundiced · jaundicing · jaundices

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