Sallowy

//ˈsælɵwi// adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of a sallow tinge; yellowish.

    "He ^([sic]) skin was a sallowy yellow shade and her hair had been dyed black for a film."

  2. 2
    Having many sallows.

    "1859-85, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Idylls of the King He dreamed; but Arthur with a hundred spears / Rode far, till o'er the illimitable reed, / And many a glancing plash and sallowy isle"

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"He ^([sic]) skin was a sallowy yellow shade and her hair had been dyed black for a film."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English *salowy, from Old English salowiġ, saluwiġ (“dark-coloured, yellowish”), equivalent to sallow + -y.

Etymology 2

From sallow (“goat willow”) + -y.

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