jaundiced

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English

Etymology

jaundice +‎ -ed

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɔːndɪst/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔːndɪst

Adjective

jaundiced (comparative more jaundiced, superlative most jaundiced)

  1. (pathology) Affected with jaundice.
    • 1640, Joseph Hall, Episcopacy by Divine Right:
      Jaundiced eyes seem to see all objects yellow.
    • 2001, Dan Brown, Deception Point, →ISBN, page 72:
      Overhanging her precarious body was a jaundiced face whose skin resembled a sheet of parchment paper punctured by two emotionless eyes.
  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.
    • 1973, Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama:
      Although Professor Davidson took a very jaundiced view of the Neptune probe, it had already been approved and he saw no point in sending more good money after bad.
    • 2003, Simon S. Godfrey, The Nature of Man and God: A New Look, Trafford Publishing, page 186:
      If we have experienced a hostile world in childhood, we will continue to view almost everyone with a jaundiced eye and react to them according to our perception.

Translations

Verb

jaundiced

  1. simple past and past participle of jaundice
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