sallow Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and charcoal
  2. verb cause to become sallow
    • The illness has sallowed her face
  3. adjective satellite unhealthy looking
    sickly.

WordNet

Sal"low noun
Etymology
OE. salwe, AS. sealth; akin to OHG. salaha, G. salwiede, Icel. selja L. salix, Ir. sail, saileach, Gael. seileach, W. helyg, Gr. .
Definitions
  1. The willow; willow twigs. Poetic Tennyson.
    And bend the pliant sallow to a shield. Fawkes.
    The sallow knows the basketmaker's thumb. Emerson.
  2. (Bot.) A name given to certain species of willow, especially those which do not have flexible shoots, as Salix caprea, S. cinerea, etc.
Sal"low adjective
Etymology
AS. salu; akin to D. zaluw, OHG. salo, Icel. sölr yellow.
Wordforms
comparative Sallower ; superlative Sallowest
Definitions
  1. Having a yellowish color; of a pale, sickly color, tinged with yellow; as, a sallow skin. Shak.
Sal"low transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To tinge with sallowness. Poetic
    July breathes hot, sallows the crispy fields. Lowell.

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