1 a medical condition with yellowing of the skin or whites of the eyes, arising from excess of the pigment bilirubin and typically caused by obstruction of the bile duct, by liver disease, or by excessive breakdown of red blood cells.
2 bitterness, resentment, or cynicism.
– ORIGIN Middle Englishjaunes, from Old Frenchjaunice‘yellowness’, from jaune‘yellow’.
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