sallowy

English

Etymology

sallow +‎ -y

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsælɵwi/

Adjective

sallowy (comparative more sallowy, superlative most sallowy)

  1. Having many sallows.
    • 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
  2. 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.

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