Yellowish
/ˈjɛləʊɪʃ/ adj
adj ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Somewhat yellow in colour. not-comparable
"But, like more than one similar North Wales beauty-spot, there had to be (at least at the time of which I write), a quarry, or ironworks, or some kind of industrial plant, which lay perpetually under a cloud of yellowish smoke—literally a blot on the landscape."
Adjective
- 1 of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk wordnet
Example
More examples"Yellowish leafs can be synonym for plagues."
Etymology
From Middle English ȝelowisch; equivalent to yellow + -ish.