sallowy

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/ˈsælɵwi/

adjective

Of a sallow tinge; yellowish.

OriginMiddle English *salowy ← Old English *saluwiġ →
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Meanings

sallowy1

adjectivesallowy (comparative more sallowy, superlative most sallowy)

comparative more sallowy · superlative most sallowy

  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

sallowy2

adjectivesallowy (comparative more sallowy, superlative most sallowy)

comparative more sallowy · superlative most sallowy

  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

Origin

sallowy · adjective

  1. Old English*saluwiġ“dark-coloured, yellowish”
  2. Middle English*salowy
  3. Englishsallowy

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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sallowy · adjective

From sallow (“goat willow”) + -y.

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sallowy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sallowy.

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