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But does jaundice = yellow, purely and wholly, or does jaundice = yellow from sickness?
In other words, would we be correct in using jaundice strictly as a color?
New Spring Line from Channel: That Little Jaundice Dress
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Per AHD:
Middle English jaundis, jaunis, from Old French jaunice, yellowness, jaundice, from jaune, jalne, yellow, from Latin galbinus, yellowish.
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Thank you, Faldage.  Jaundiced journalism has a striking ring to it, doesn't it?
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isn't it a bit more chartreuse?
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a bit more chartreuse?
Depends. Yellow chartreuse or green chartreuse?
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You can get yellow jaundice from drinking too much Chartreuse. Cheaper to go Gallo.
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 Y'all're a hoot. And WW, is that Channel or Chanel? 
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In reply to:
And WW, is that Channel or Chanel?
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a long-dead relative once sent me the wrong music as a gag...
yep, I was channeled a chart ruse...
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I got the impression from reading about ikteros on Google that ikteros = jaundice, not that ikteros = yellow.
Yes, it does mean jaundice. As Faldage said, it is also the name of a bird, the sight of which was supposed to cure jaundice. I was adding for the benefit of the ornithologically curious that the bird in question is the golden oriole.
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