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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

jaundice XIV. — OF. jaunice (mod. -isse) ‘yellowness’, f. jaune yellow (:- L. galbinus, f. galbus).

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