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Word entry · 8 letters

jaundice

Best crossword clue

"Yellowing illness"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈd͡ʒɔːndɪs/Part of speech verb, nounSorted acdeijnuStarts with JEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. affect with, or as if with, jaundice

Word origin

From Middle English jaundis, jaunis, from Middle French jaunisse, from jaune (“yellow”) + -isse (“-ness”). Jaune, from Old French jalne, from Latin galbinus (“yellowish”), from galbus (“yellow”).

Used in a sentence

  • 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!
  • Just ask the doctors how many cases of infantile jaundice in newborn babies have this scene that particular week?

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