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noun
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!
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
To affect with jaundice; to color by prejudice or envy; to prejudice.
The envy of wealth jaundiced his soul.