Meanings
- not comparableSomewhat yellow in colour.
But, like more than one similar North Wales beauty-spot, there had to be (at least at the time of which I write), a quarry, or ironworks, or some kind of industrial plant, which lay perpetually under a cloud of yellowish smoke—literally a blot on the landscape.
1955 January 28, R. S. McNaught, “From the Severn to the Mersey by Great Western”, in Railway Magazine, pages 18-191 more example
A biologist has named a newly discovered species of moth after our next president. The Neopalpa donaldtrumpi is a wee little creature found in parts of California and Baja, Mexico. […] It seems nature favors fancy golden hairdos as much as the man himself (who could forget China’s beloved Trump bird?), because the N. donaldtrumpi sports a very familiar-looking crown of yellowish scales.
2017 January 18, AJ Willingham, “New moth named in honor of Donald Trump”, in CNN, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2020Synonyms: yellowy, flavescent, icterine, luteous, lutescent, xanthic
Synonyms & antonyms
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adjectiveof the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
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Origin
- Middle Englishȝelowisch
- Englishyellowish
From Middle English ȝelowisch; equivalent to yellow + -ish.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian жълтеникав
- жълтеникав (žăltenikav)somewhat yellow
Catalan groguenc, grogós
- groguencsomewhat yellow
- grogóssomewhat yellow
Czech žlutavý
- žlutavýsomewhat yellow
Danish gulagtig, gullig
- gulagtigsomewhat yellow
- gulligsomewhat yellow
Dutch gelig, geelachtig
- geligsomewhat yellow
- geelachtigsomewhat yellow
Esperanto flaveta, dubeflava
- flavetasomewhat yellow
- dubeflavasomewhat yellow
Estonian kollakas
- kollakassomewhat yellow
Finnish kellertävä, kellahko
- kellertäväsomewhat yellow
- kellahkosomewhat yellow
French jaunâtre
- jaunâtresomewhat yellow
German gelblich
- gelblichsomewhat yellow
Hebrew צְהַבְהַב
- צְהַבְהַב (ts'havháv)somewhat yellow
Hungarian sárgás
- sárgássomewhat yellow
Icelandic gulleitur
- gulleitursomewhat yellow
Irish scothbhuí, leathbhuí
- scothbhuísomewhat yellow
- leathbhuísomewhat yellow
Italian giallastro, gialliccio
- giallastrosomewhat yellow
- giallicciosomewhat yellow
- giallognolosomewhat yellow
Latin galbinus, luteolus
- galbinussomewhat yellow
- luteolussomewhat yellow
Latvian iedzeltens, dzeltengans
- iedzeltenssomewhat yellow
- dzeltenganssomewhat yellow
- dzeltenīgssomewhat yellow
Norwegian Bokmål gulaktig
- gulaktigsomewhat yellow
Polish żółtawy
- żółtawysomewhat yellow
Portuguese amarelado, amarelento
- amareladosomewhat yellow
- amarelentosomewhat yellow
- tirante a amarelosomewhat yellow
Romanian gălbui, gălbenatic
- gălbuisomewhat yellow
- gălbenaticsomewhat yellow
- gălbeniusomewhat yellow
- gălbiusomewhat yellow
Russian желтова́тый
- желтова́тый (želtovátyj)somewhat yellow
Scottish Gaelic fo-bhuidhe
- fo-bhuidhesomewhat yellow
Spanish amarillento
- amarillentosomewhat yellow
Swedish gulaktig
- gulaktigsomewhat yellow
Turkish sarımsı
- sarımsısomewhat yellow
Cite this entry
yellowish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yellowish
“yellowish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yellowish. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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