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sallowy

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Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
14
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈsælɵwi/

Definition of sallowy

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Of a sallow tinge; yellowish.
    “He ^([sic]) skin was a sallowy yellow shade and her hair had been dyed black for a film.”
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adj

  1. Of a sallow tinge; yellowish.
    “He ^([sic]) skin was a sallowy yellow shade and her hair had been dyed black for a film.”
  2. 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”

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Etymology

From Middle English *salowy, from Old English *saluwiġ (“dark-coloured, yellowish”) (attested in saluwiġfeþera, saluwiġpād (“having dark feathers”)), equivalent to sallow + -y.

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