Etymology and historical context of jaundiced

It's Meram Webster's Word of the dayay for june twenty fifth Support for this podcast comes from Progressive, America's number one motorcycle insurer Did you know writers who switch and save with prorogressive save nearly two hundred dollars per year That's a whole new pair of writing gloves and more. quote today Progressive casualty Insurance Company and affiliates, National average twelve month savings of one hundred and ninety seven dollars by new customers surveyed who save with prorogressive between october twenty twenty four and september twenty twenty five Potential savings will vary Today's word is jaundist, spelled J A U N D I C E D. Jaundist is an adjective. It means showing or influenced by feelings of distrust, distaste, or hostility someomeone described as jaundist or as possessing jaundist opinions or views is typically understood to feel that way because of negative past experiences Here's the word used In a sentence from the retrospect of Collingswood, New Jersey Now, I'm not accusing the mayor of anything I'm saying that all of these actions were highly inappropriate for an elected official I voted for her, but will forevermore look at her actions with a jaundist eye Cast not a jaundist eye on the word jaundist And by that we mean this donon't dislike or distrust the word jauundic just because of past experiences with the word or others like it jist is handy for describing the grumps among us who tend toward envy, aversion, or hostility And who doesn't know a few of those? this useful seventeenth century adjective