jaundiced en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈd͡ʒɔːndɪst/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree Middle English jaundis English jaundice English -ed English jaundiced From jaundice + -ed.
Meanings
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Affected with jaundice.
Jaundiced eyes seem to see all objects yellow.
1640, Joseph Hall, Episcopacy by Divine Right:Overhanging her precarious body was a jaundiced face whose skin resembled a sheet of parchment paper punctured by two emotionless eyes.
2001, Dan Brown, Deception Point, →ISBN, page 72:
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(figuratively) Prejudiced; envious.
And that brings us to the subject of this book, which documents a peculiar type of injustice in healthː the troubled history of medical experimentation with African Americans—and the resulting behavioral fallout that causes researchers and African Americans to view each other through jaundiced eyes.
2008, Harriet A. Washington, “Introduction”, in Medical Apartheid, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, page 15: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.
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: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.
2003, Simon S. Godfrey, The Nature of Man and God: A New Look, Trafford Publishing, page 186:a jaundiced judgment
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.
1973, Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most jaundiced | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more jaundiced | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (16)
ca ictèric (affected with jaundice) · es amargado (prejudiced, envious) · ga buí (affected with jaundice) · fi epäluuloinen (prejudiced, envious) · nl geelzuchtig (affected with jaundice) · es resentido (prejudiced, envious) · sv gulsiktig (affected with jaundice) · nl bevooroordeeld (prejudiced, envious) · la aurūginōsus (affected with jaundice) · sv missunnsam (prejudiced, envious) · gd gruamach (prejudiced, envious) · fi keltatautinen (affected with jaundice) · es ictérico (affected with jaundice) · nl afgunstig (prejudiced, envious) · fi ennakkoluuloinen (prejudiced, envious) · de gelbsüchtig (affected with jaundice)