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sallow

sal·low

UK/ˈsæləʊ/ US/ˈsæloʊ/ uncommon
adjective (1) noun (1) verb (1)

adjective

1.

noun

1.

any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and charcoal

verb

1.

cause to become sallow

  • “The illness has sallowed her face”

Origin

From Middle English salow, salwe, from Old English sealh, from Proto-West Germanic *salh, from Proto-Germanic *salhaz, masculine variant of *salhō, *salhijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂lk-, *sh₂lik-. See also Low German Sal, Saal; Swedish sälg; also Welsh helyg, Latin salix (and also a doublet of the thence derived English borrowing salix) probably originally a borrowing from some other language.

Phrases

  • grey sallow
  • sallow flute
  • sallow kitten
  • sallow sedge

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