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sallowish Definition


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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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