yeller

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈjɛlə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈjɛlɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɛlə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

English yell

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English yeller

From yell + -er.

Noun

yeller (plural yellers)

1. Someone who yells.

Etymology 2

Eye dialect.

Alternative forms

• yaller

Adjective

yeller (comparative more yeller, superlative most yeller)

1. Pronunciation spelling of yellow.
   • 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter X, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:

     Men that I knew around Wapatomac didn't wear high, shiny plug hats, nor yeller spring overcoats, nor carry canes with ivory heads as big as a catboat's anchor, as you might say.

Anagrams

• Ellery

Turkish

Noun

yeller

1. nominative plural of yel