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jaundice
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)
- (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?
- (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)
- (transitive) To affect with jaundice; to color by prejudice or envy; to prejudice. [from 1791]
- 1850, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, My Novel
- 1850, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, My Novel
Translations
Further reading
- jaundice on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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dice
English
Etymology
- From Middle English dys, plural of dy.
- The voiceless /s/ was most likely retained because the word felt like a collective term rather than a plural form (compare pence). The spelling dice is a result of the pronunciation.
- See die Etymology 2.
Pronunciation
- enPR: d?s, IPA(key): /da?s/
- Rhymes: -a?s
Noun
dice (countable and uncountable, plural dice or dices)
- (uncountable) Gaming with one or more dice.
- (countable, proscribed by some; standard in British English) A die.
- 1980, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, “The Winner Takes It All”, Super Trouper, Polar Music
- The gods may throw a dice / Their minds as cold as ice
- 1980, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, “The Winner Takes It All”, Super Trouper, Polar Music
- (uncountable, formerly countable, cooking) That which has been diced.
- Cut onions, carrots and celery into medium dice.
Usage notes
- The singular usage is considered incorrect by many authorities. However, it should be noted that The New Oxford Dictionary of English, Judy Pearsall, Patrick Hanks (1998) states that “In modern standard English, the singular die (rather than dice) is uncommon. Dice is used for both the singular and the plural.”
- Die is predominant among tabletop gamers.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:dice.
Synonyms
- astragals
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
dice
- plural of die
Verb
dice (third-person singular simple present dices, present participle dicing, simple past and past participle diced)
- (intransitive) To play dice.
- c. 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, part 1, Act III, scene iii:
- Virtuous enough; swore little; diced not above seven times — a week
- 1999, George RR Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam 2011, p. 407:
- Tyrion found Timmett dicing with his Burned Men in the barracks.
- c. 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, part 1, Act III, scene iii:
- (transitive) To cut into small cubes.
- 1898, Thomas Hardy, "Hap":
- And dicing Time for gladness casts a moan....
- 1898, Thomas Hardy, "Hap":
- (transitive) To ornament with squares, diamonds, or cubes.
Derived terms
- dice with death
Translations
Anagrams
- -cide, cedi, deci-, iced
Interlingua
Verb
dice
- present of dicer
- imperative of dicer
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -it?e
Verb
dice
- third-person singular present indicative of dire
Anagrams
- cedi
Latin
Verb
d?ce
- second-person singular present active imperative of d?c?
References
- dice in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dice in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- dice in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia?[3]
- dice in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- dice in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Middle English
Noun
dice
- Alternative form of dees
Spanish
Alternative forms
- dize (archaic)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /?di?e/, [?d?i.?e]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /?dise/, [?d?i.se]
Verb
dice
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of decir.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of decir.
Tarantino
Numeral
dice
- ten
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