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Synonyms for jaundice

Grammar : Verb
Spell : jawn-dis, jahn-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɔn dɪs, ˈdʒɑn-

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Définition of jaundice

Origin :
  • c.1300, jaunis, from Old French jaunice, earlier jalnice, "yellowness" (12c.), from jaune "yellow," from Latin galbinus "greenish yellow," probably from PIE *ghel- "yellow, green" (see Chloe).
  • With intrusive -d- (cf. gender, astound, thunder). Figurative meaning "feeling in which views are colored or distorted" first recorded 1620s, from yellow's association with bitterness and envy (see yellow). As a verb, from 1791, but usually in figurative use. Related: Jaundiced.
  • verb bias
Example sentences :
  • Any one of them would give me the jaundice in a week, if it were hung in our drawing-room.'
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
  • Let it not be supposed that I make this statement in jaundice or malice.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
  • You were all licked there, or you died of the ague, or jaundice?
  • Extract from : « Barrington » by Charles James Lever
  • He has an attack of the jaundice, and will, I think, start home to-morrow.
  • Extract from : « The Citizen-Soldier » by John Beatty
  • They also suffer from internal chills, liver, and very often jaundice.
  • Extract from : « Palmistry for All » by Cheiro
  • This sort of jaundice is very common and is in no wise evidence107 of disease.
  • Extract from : « The Mother and Her Child » by William S. Sadler
  • A decidedly yellow stain on the diaper occurs when there is jaundice.
  • Extract from : « The Mother and Her Child » by William S. Sadler
  • Jaundice and ascites, the consequences of great intemperance.
  • Extract from : « An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses » by William Withering
  • Jaundice, dropsy, and great hardness in the region of the liver.
  • Extract from : « An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses » by William Withering
  • A hard drinker; afflicted with asthma, jaundice, and dropsy.
  • Extract from : « An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses » by William Withering

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