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- [sal-oh]
- /ˈsæl oʊ/
- /ˈsæl.əʊ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sal-oh]
- /ˈsæl oʊ/
Definitions of sallow word
- adjective sallow of a sickly, yellowish or lightish brown color: sallow cheeks; a sallow complexion. 1
- verb with object sallow to make sallow. 1
- noun sallow any of several shrubby Old World willows, especially Salix atrocinerea or the pussy willow, S. caprea. 1
- adjective sallow skin: yellowish 1
- transitive verb sallow skin: make yellowish 1
- noun sallow tree: pussy willow 1
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Origin of sallow
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English sal(o)we, Old English salo; cognate with Old Norse sǫlr yellow; compare French sale dirty (< Gmc)
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Parts of speech for Sallow
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
sallow popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 87% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
sallow usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for sallow
adj sallow
- albino — An albino is a person or animal with very white skin, white hair, and pink eyes.
- ashen — Someone who is ashen looks very pale, especially because they are ill, shocked, or frightened.
- bloodless — A bloodless coup or victory is one in which nobody is killed.
- cadaverous — If you describe someone as cadaverous, you mean they are extremely thin and pale.
- doughy — of or like dough, especially in being soft and heavy or pallid and flabby: a doughy consistency; a fat, doughy face.
noun sallow
adjective sallow
- exsanguinous — Alternative form of exsanguious.
- ivory — the hard white substance, a variety of dentin, composing the main part of the tusks of the elephant, walrus, etc.
- waterish — somewhat, or tending to be, watery.
- waxlike — Resembling wax.
- whitish — somewhat white; tending to white.
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