sallowy

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsælɵwi/

Etymology 1

From Middle English *salowy, from Old English salowiġ, saluwiġ (“dark-coloured, yellowish”), equivalent to sallow +‎ -y.

Adjective

sallowy (comparative more sallowy, superlative most sallowy)

  1. 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

From sallow (“goat willow”) +‎ -y.

Adjective

sallowy (comparative more sallowy, superlative most sallowy)

  1. Having many sallows.

Anagrams

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