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.

Simplified etymology

Jaundice entered English in the Middle English period from Old French jaune, meaning “yellow.” The disease was named for its characteristic yellowish discoloration of the skin.

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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