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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

황색전얼이지음

Pronunciation / Transliteration: hwangsaek-jeon-eol-ijeum

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Jaundiced/ˈdʒɔːn.dɪst/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그는 세상에 대해 비판적이고 편견 가득한 시선을 가졌다."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Affected by bitterness, resentment, or cynicism, often as a result of envy or disappointment.

    "She took a jaundiced view of all politicians and their promises."
  2. 2

    Yellowed in complexion or color, specifically relating to jaundice.

    "The patient presented with a noticeably jaundiced skin tone."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Middle English 'jaundis', originating from the Old French 'jaunisse', meaning yellowness, from 'jaune' (yellow). Historically associated with the yellowing of the skin caused by liver disease, the term evolved metaphorically to describe a bitter, cynical, or prejudiced state of mind.

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