jaunders
jaunders is the third-person singular simple present indicative of jaunder.
jaunders is the obsolete form of jaundice.
Meaning of jaunder
Verb
jaunder (third-person singular simple present jaunders, present participle jaundering, simple past and past participle jaundered)
Meaning of jaundice
Noun
jaundice (countable and uncountable, plural jaundices)
- A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine.
- 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?c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- Synonyms:
- icterus
- A feeling of bitterness, resentment or jealousy.
- No, sir, he, / Vex'd with a morbid devil in his blood / That veil'd the world with jaundice, hid his face / From all men, and commercing with himself, / He lost the sense that handles daily life— […]1842, Alfred Tennyson, “Walking to the Mail”, in Poems. […], volume II, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 48
Origin of jaunders
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Questions about jaunders
- What is jaunders the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
- Jaunders is the third-person singular simple present indicative of jaunder.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: jaunders (page history and authors); jaunder (page history and authors); jaundice (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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