sallowy

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more sallowy

Superlative

most sallowy

1.
Of a sallow tinge; yellowish.
2.
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

Nguồn gốc từ

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