different between jaundice vs cowardice

English

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?d??nd?s/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d???nd?s/

Noun

jaundice (countable and uncountable, plural jaundices)

1. (pathology) A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine. [from early 14th c.]

   Synonym: icterus

   • 2004, Gabrielle Hatfield, Encyclopedia of Folk Medicine: Old World and New World Traditions, ABC-CLIO (?ISBN), page 215:

     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).

   • 2016, Dueep Jyot Singh, John Davidson, Knowing More About Jaundice - Prevention and Natural Cure Remedies of Jaundice, Mendon Cottage Books (?ISBN), page 8:

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

2. (figuratively) A feeling of bitterness, resentment or jealousy. [from 1620s]

Derived terms

• black jaundice
• blue jaundice

Translations

See also

• cyanopathy

Verb

jaundice (third-person singular simple present jaundices, present participle jaundicing, simple past and past participle jaundiced)

1. (transitive) To affect with jaundice; to color by prejudice or envy; to prejudice. [from 1791]
   • 1850, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, My Novel

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Further reading

• jaundice on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

From Middle English cowardise, from Anglo-Norman cuardise (modern French couardise).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kou??rd?s, IPA^(key): /?ka??d?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ka??d?s/

Noun

cowardice (countable and uncountable, plural cowardices)

1. Lack of courage.

Synonyms

• cowardliness
• cowardness
• cowardship

Related terms

• coward
• cowardly

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