sallow Definition

sallow¹
adj

1. Said of a person's complexion: being a pale yellowish colour, often through poor health.

Thesaurus: pasty, sickly, wan, yellowish, waxy, ashen, pallid, colourless, jaundiced, bilious, anaemic; Antonym: rosy, sanguine.

verb

tr & intr
sallowed, sallowing
1. To make or become sallow.

Derivative: sallowish
adj

Derivative: sallowness
noun

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon salo or salu.

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sallow²
noun

1. A willow, especially the broader-leaved type with brittle twigs.

Derivative: sallowy
adj

Full of sallows.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon sealh, from Latin salix.