jaundice

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”).

noun

1. (pathology) A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine.
   But look in this new mirror, lovely friend. / Both gods and fairies wait on lovers' wills. / That jaundices be changed to daffodils! 1920, Natalie Clifford Barney, “A Sonnet to My Lady with the Jaundice”, in Poems & poèmes
   In British folk medicine there are some unusual remedies for jaundice. A bizarre superstition from Staffordshire is that if a bladder is filled with the patient's urine and placed near the fire, as it dries out, the patient will recover (Black 1883: 56). 2004, Gabrielle Hatfield, Encyclopedia of Folk Medicine: Old World and New World Traditions, ABC-CLIO, page 215
   Just ask the doctors how many cases of infantile jaundice in newborn babies have this scene that particular week? 2016, Dueep Jyot Singh, John Davidson, Knowing More About Jaundice - Prevention and Natural Cure Remedies of Jaundice, Mendon Cottage Books, page 8
2. (figurative) A feeling of bitterness, resentment or jealousy.

verb

1. (transitive) To affect with jaundice; to color by prejudice or envy; to prejudice.
   The envy of wealth jaundiced his soul. 1850, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, My Novel