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The definition of sallow is skin that looks a little yellow.

(adjective)

An example of sallow used as an adjective is sallow skin which is when a person’s face looks yellowish because of an illness.

To sallow is defined as to make a complexion have a yellowish color.

(verb)

An example of sallow is to inject certain medications that are known to change the color of the complexion if injested in large quantities.

See sallow in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

of a sickly, pale-yellow hue: a sallow complexion

Origin: ME salou < OE salu, sallow, dark, akin to OHG salo < IE base *sal-, dirty gray: see salicin

transitive verb

to make sallow

Related Forms:

sallowness noun

noun

a kind of willow (Salix caprea) with large catkins of flowers which appear before the leaves
a willow twig

Origin: ME salwe, sealh: see salicin

See sallow in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective sal·low·er, sal·low·est

Of a sickly yellowish hue or complexion.

transitive verb sal·lowed, sal·low·ing, sal·lows

To make sallow.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English salowe

Origin: , from Old English salo

Related Forms:

salˈlow·ly adverb

salˈlow·ness noun

noun

A broad-leaved European willow (Salix caprea) having large catkins that appear before the leaves and tough wood used as a source of charcoal.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English saloue

Origin: , from Old English sealh

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