sallowy

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsælɵwi/

Etymology 1

From Middle English *salowy, from Old English salowiġ, saluwiġ (“dark-coloured, yellowish”), equivalent to sallow +‎ -y.

Adjective

sallowy (comparative more sallowy, superlative most sallowy)

1. Of a sallow tinge; yellowish.
   • 2016, Mary S. Lovell, The Riviera Set:

     He ^[sic] skin was a sallowy yellow shade and her hair had been dyed black for a film.

Etymology 2

From sallow (“goat willow”) +‎ -y.

Adjective

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

Anagrams

• lays low