jaundiced
Etymology

From jaundice + -ed.

Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɔːndɪst/
Adjective

jaundiced

  1. (pathology) Affected with jaundice.
    • 1640, Joseph Hall, Episcopacy by Divine Right:
      Jaundiced eyes seem to see all objects yellow.
  2. (figuratively) Prejudiced; envious.
    a jaundiced judgment
    • 1924 October, Percival Christopher Wren, “Of the Strange Events at Zinderneuf”, in Beau Geste, London: John Murray, →OCLC ↗; republished London: John Murray, […], February 1928, →OCLC ↗, part I (Major Henri de Beaujolais’ Story), § 1, page 9 ↗:
      Mr. George Lawrence, C.M.G., First Class District Officer of His Majesty's Civil Service, sat at the door of his tent and viewed the African desert scene with the eye of extreme disfavour. [...] The eye was jaundiced, thanks to the heat and foul dust of Bornu, to malaria, dysentery, inferior food, poisonous water, and rapid continuous marching in appalling heat.
Translations Translations Verb
  1. Simple past tense and past participle of jaundice



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