Jaundice

Definitions

1. A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine.
   countable, uncountable
2. A feeling of bitterness, resentment or jealousy.
   countable, figuratively, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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?”

“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— […]”

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