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sallow

1

[ sal-oh ]

adjective

sallower, sallowest.
  1. of a sickly, yellowish or lightish brown color:

    sallow cheeks; a sallow complexion.

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verb (used with object)

  1. to make sallow.

sallow

2

[ sal-oh ]

noun

British.
  1. any of several shrubby Old World willows, especially Salix atrocinerea or the pussy willow, S. caprea.

sallow

1

/ ˈæəʊ /

adjective

  1. (esp of human skin) of an unhealthy pale or yellowish colour
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to make sallow
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

sallow

2

/ ˈæəʊ /

noun

  1. any of several small willow trees, esp the Eurasian Salix cinerea ( common sallow ), which has large catkins that appear before the leaves
  2. a twig or the wood of any of these trees
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈǷɲԱ, noun
  • ˈǷɱ, adverb
  • ˈǷɾ, adjective
  • ˈǷɲ, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • lǷ· adjective
  • lǷ·Ա noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of sallow1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English sal(o)we, Old English salo; cognate with Old Norse ǫ “yellow”; compare French sale “dirty” (from Germanic )

Origin of sallow2

before 900; Middle English; Old English sealh; cognate with Old High German salaha, Latin salix
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of sallow1

Old English salu; related to Old Norse sol seaweed (Icelandic ō yellowish), Old High German salo, French sale dirty

Origin of sallow2

Old English sealh; related to Old Norse selja, Old High German salaha, Middle Low German ī, Latin salix
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On her best days, she was sallow, but this evening she wasn’t as pea-green as her dress.

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The video then shows still pictures of a young woman of similar appearance lying, looking sallow and with her eyes closed, on a blood-stained bedsheet.

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His skin is sallow, marked with age spots.

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The canvas, 5 feet square, imposes the sentiment in a stack of crisp white words over snow-covered mountain scenery, the sky a sallow yellow fading upward into bilious green.

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La Llorona’s gaunt face shriveled up like a pale raisin, becoming sallow and ashen, creased by centuries of wrinkles and dark blotches.

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