sallowy

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsælɵwi/

Etymology 1

From Middle English *salowy, from Old English salowiġ, saluwiġ (“dark-coloured, yellowish”), equivalent to sallow +‎ -y.

Adjective

sallowy (comparative more sallowy, superlative most sallowy)

Of a sallow tinge; yellowish.
- 2016, Mary S. Lovell, The Riviera Set:
  He ^[sic] skin was a sallowy yellow shade and her hair had been dyed black for a film.

Etymology 2

From sallow (“goat willow”) +‎ -y.

Adjective

sallowy (comparative more sallowy, superlative most sallowy)

Having many sallows.
- 1859-85, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Idylls of the King
  He dreamed; but Arthur with a hundred spears / Rode far, till o'er the illimitable reed, / And many a glancing plash and sallowy isle

Anagrams

lays low

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