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sallow[1,noun]sallow[2,adjective]
Main Entry: 2sallow
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English salowe, from Old English salu; akin to Old High German salo murky, Russian solovyi yellowish gray
Date: before 12th century
: of a grayish greenish yellow color
- sal¡¤low¡¤ish /'sa-l&-wish/ adjective
- sal¡¤low¡¤ness /'sa-lO-n&s, -l&-/ noun
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sal¡¤low [ s¨¢ll¨ ]
adjective
unnaturally yellow: unnaturally pale and yellowish
a sallow complexion
transitive verb (past sal¡¤lowed, past participle sal¡¤lowed, present participle sal¡¤low¡¤ing, 3rd person present singular sal¡¤lows)
make something sallow: to make something unnaturally pale and yellowish
The illness had sallowed her skin.
[Old English salo ¡°dark, dusky,¡± from prehistoric Germanic]
sal¡¤low¡¤ly adverb
sal¡¤low¡¤ness noun
2 entries found for sallow.
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sallow[1,noun]sallow[2,adjective]
Main Entry: 2sallow
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English salowe, from Old English salu; akin to Old High German salo murky, Russian solovyi yellowish gray
Date: before 12th century
: of a grayish greenish yellow color
- sal¡¤low¡¤ish /'sa-l&-wish/ adjective
- sal¡¤low¡¤ness /'sa-lO-n&s, -l&-/ noun
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sal¡¤low [ s¨¢ll¨ ]
adjective
unnaturally yellow: unnaturally pale and yellowish
a sallow complexion
transitive verb (past sal¡¤lowed, past participle sal¡¤lowed, present participle sal¡¤low¡¤ing, 3rd person present singular sal¡¤lows)
make something sallow: to make something unnaturally pale and yellowish
The illness had sallowed her skin.
[Old English salo ¡°dark, dusky,¡± from prehistoric Germanic]
sal¡¤low¡¤ly adverb
sal¡¤low¡¤ness noun