jaundice

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   distort adversely

   Jealousy had jaundiced my judgment.

2. 2
   verb

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

   The envy of wealth jaundiced his soul.

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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