Sallow Definition

sălō
sallowest, sallows, sallower
adjective
sallowest, sallower
Of a sickly, pale-yellow hue or complexion.
Webster's New World
(skin colour) Yellowish.
Wiktionary

Dirty; murky.

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verb
sallows
To make sallow.
Webster's New World
noun
sallows
A kind of willow (Salix caprea) with large catkins of flowers which appear before the leaves.
Webster's New World
A willow twig.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Sallow

Noun

Singular:
sallow
Plural:
sallows

Adjective

Base Form:
sallow
Comparative:
sallower
Superlative:
sallowest

Origin of Sallow

  • From Middle English salwe, from Old English sealh, from Proto-Germanic *salhaz, masculine variant of *salhō, *salhjōn (compare Low German Sal, Saal; Swedish sälg), from Proto-Indo-European *shâ‚‚lk-, *shâ‚‚lik- (compare Welsh helyg, Latin salix), probably originally a borrowing from some other language.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Middle English salowe, from Old English salu, from Proto-Germanic *salwaz (compare Dutch zaluw, dialectal German sal), from Proto-Indo-European *solH- (compare Welsh halog, Latin salÄ«va, Russian соловый (solóvyj, “cream-colored")).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English saloue from Old English sealh

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English salowe from Old English salo

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Sallow Sentence Examples

  • He had lost weight and his skin had a sallow look.

  • The light green scrubs made his long features look sallow and the pale blue eyes that fixed on her seemed more tired than interested.

  • The other was the mayor, a man with a thin sallow face and narrow beard.

  • Close to the corner, on an overcoat, sat an old, unshaven, gray-bearded soldier as thin as a skeleton, with a stern sallow face and eyes intently fixed on Rostov.

  • Pasty or sallow skin color, or the absence of color in the gums, nail beds, creases of the palm, or lining of the eyelids are other signs of anemia.

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Words Starting With

SSASAL

Words Ending With

WOWLOW

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Words Starting With S and Ending With W

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With S6 Letter Words Ending With W