sallow
YellowishYellowish.: Of a sickly pale colour.
» A tall man with a sallow complexion walked into the room and sat down next to Tom.
Ein großer Mann mit fahler Gesichtsfarbe kam in den Raum und setzte sich neben Tom.
Человек с землистым лицом вошел в комнату и сел рядом с Томом.
Meaning
5 sensesYellowish.
Of a sickly pale colour.
blassgelblich, blässlich, teigig
земли́стыйzemlístyj
(Ireland)Of a tan colour, associated with people from southern Europe or East Asia.
Having skin (especially on the face) of a sickly pale colour.
Having a similar pale, yellowish colour.
Foul; murky; sickly.
- unhealthy looking
Examples
3 sentencesA tall man with a sallow complexion walked into the room and sat down next to Tom.
ruЧеловек с землистым лицом вошел в комнату и сел рядом с Томом.
deEin großer Mann mit fahler Gesichtsfarbe kam in den Raum und setzte sich neben Tom.
Anne cast herself into Marilla's arms and rapturously kissed her sallow cheek.
deAnne warf sich Marilla in die Arme und küsste ihr vor Begeisterung die fahlen Wangen.
Barren trees are the fir, elder, birch, cypress, beech, ivy, sallow, linden and so on, but most of them afford shade.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English salowe, from Old English salu, from Proto-West Germanic *salu, from PrFrom Middle English salowe, from Old English salu, from Proto-West Germanic *salu, from Proto-Germanic *salwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *selH-.
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Forms
sallower, sallowestSynonyms
1 synonyms- unhealthy looking:sickly
Word family
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