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sallowy en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsælɵwi/

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. Of a sallow tinge; yellowish.
    • He ^([sic]) skin was a sallowy yellow shade and her hair had been dyed black for a film. 2016, Mary S. Lovell, The Riviera Set:

Forms

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most sallowy Degree=Sup lexicographic

sallowy en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsælɵwi/

Etymology

From sallow (“goat willow”) + -y.

Meanings

  1. 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

Forms

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most sallowy Degree=Sup lexicographic
more sallowy Degree=Cmp lexicographic