/jawn"dis, jahn"-/ , n. , v. , jaundiced, jaundicing .
n.
1. Also called icterus . Pathol. yellow discoloration of the skin, whites of the eyes, etc., due to an increase of bile pigments in the blood, often symptomatic of certain diseases, as hepatitis. Cf. physiologic jaundice .
2. grasserie.
3. a state of feeling in which views are prejudiced or judgment is distorted, as by envy or resentment.
v.t.
4. to distort or prejudice, as by envy or resentment: His social position jaundiced his view of things.
[ 1275-1325; ME jaundis jaunisse, equiv. to jaune yellow ( galbinus greenish-yellow) + -isse -ICE ]