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sallowy

adj
/ˈsælɵwi/

Etymology

From Middle English *salowy, from Old English *saluwiġ (“dark-coloured, yellowish”) (attested in saluwiġfeþera, saluwiġpād (“having dark feathers”)), equivalent to sallow + -y.

  1. inherited from *saluwiġ✻ — “dark-coloured, yellowish”
  2. inherited from *salowy✻

Definitions

  1. Of a sallow tinge

    Of a sallow tinge; yellowish.

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

  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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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA