jaundice

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine.

   “Why ſhould a man whoſe bloud is warme within, / Sit like his Grandſire, cut in Alabaſter? / Sleepe when he wakes? and creep into the Iaundies / By being peeuiſh?”

   “But look in this new mirror, lovely friend. / Both gods and fairies wait on lovers' wills. / That jaundices be changed to daffodils!”

   “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).”

   “Just ask the doctors how many cases of infantile jaundice in newborn babies have this scene that particular week?”

2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)A feeling of bitterness, resentment or jealousy.

   “No, sir, he, / Vex'd with a morbid devil in his blood / That veil'd the world with jaundice, hid his face / From all men, and commercing with himself, / He lost the sense that handles daily life— […]”

verb

1. (transitive)To affect with jaundice; to color by prejudice or envy; to prejudice.

   “The envy of wealth jaundiced his soul.”