sallowy
English
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle English *salowy, from Old English salowiġ, saluwiġ (“dark-coloured, yellowish”), equivalent to sallow + -y.
Adjective
editsallowy (comparative more sallowy, superlative most sallowy)
- Of a sallow tinge; yellowish.
- 2016, Mary S. Lovell, The Riviera Set:
- He [sic] skin was a sallowy yellow shade and her hair had been dyed black for a film.
Etymology 2
editFrom sallow (“goat willow”) + -y.
Adjective
editsallowy (comparative more sallowy, superlative most sallowy)
- 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
- 1859-85, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Idylls of the King
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