Yellowish

//ˈjɛləʊɪʃ// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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. 1
    of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk wordnet

Synonyms

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beigebuffcanarychromaticcreamcreamy

Example

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"Yellowish leafs can be synonym for plagues."

Etymology

From Middle English ȝelowisch; equivalent to yellow + -ish.

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