Sallow Definition

sălō
sallowest, sallows, sallower
adjective
sallowest, sallower
Of a sickly, pale-yellow hue or complexion.
Webster's New World
(skin colour) Yellowish.
Wiktionary
Wiktionary
verb
sallows
To make sallow.
Webster's New World
noun
sallows
A kind of willow (Salix caprea) with large catkins of flowers which appear before the leaves.
Webster's New World
A willow twig.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Sallow

Noun

Singular:
sallow
Plural:
sallows

Adjective

Base Form:
sallow
Comparative:
sallower
Superlative:
sallowest

Origin of Sallow

  • From Middle English salwe, from Old English sealh, from Proto-Germanic *salhaz, masculine variant of *salhō, *salhjōn (compare Low German Sal, Saal; Swedish sälg), from Proto-Indo-European *shâ‚‚lk-, *shâ‚‚lik- (compare Welsh helyg, Latin salix), probably originally a borrowing from some other language.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Middle English salowe, from Old English salu, from Proto-Germanic *salwaz (compare Dutch zaluw, dialectal German sal), from Proto-Indo-European *solH- (compare Welsh halog, Latin salÄ«va, Russian соловый (solóvyj, “cream-colored")).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English saloue from Old English sealh

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English salowe from Old English salo

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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