What does sallow mean?
Definitions for sallow
ˈsæl oʊsal·low
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Princeton's WordNet
sallowadjective
any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and charcoal
sallow, sicklyverb
unhealthy looking
sallowverb
cause to become sallow
"The illness has sallowed her face"
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
SALLOWadjective
Sickly; yellow.
Etymology: salo, German, black; sale, French, foul.
What a deal of brine
Hath washt thy sallow cheeks for Rosaline? William Shakespeare.The scene of beauty and delight is chang’d:
No roses bloom upon my fading cheek,
Nor laughing graces wanton in my eyes;
But haggard grief, lean-looking sallow care,
And pining discontent, a rueful train,
Dwell on my brow, all hideous and forlorn. Nicholas Rowe.Sallownoun
A tree of the genus of willow. See Willow.
Etymology: salix, Latin.
Sallows and reeds on banks of rivers born,
Remain to cut to stay thy vines. Dryden.
Wikipedia
sallow
Willows, also called sallows and osiers, from the genus Salix, comprise around 350 species (plus numerous hybrids) of typically deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist soils in cold and temperate regions. Most species are known as willow, but some narrow-leaved shrub species are called osier, and some broader-leaved species are referred to as sallow (from Old English sealh, related to the Latin word salix, willow). Some willows (particularly arctic and alpine species) are low-growing or creeping shrubs; for example, the dwarf willow (Salix herbacea) rarely exceeds 6 centimetres (2+1⁄2 in) in height, though it spreads widely across the ground.
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sallow
Sallow generally refers to a person's complexion or skin color which is unhealthy or sickly yellow or pale brown in color. It can also refer to certain trees or shrubs, typically willows, with downy undersides to their leaves.
Webster Dictionary
Sallownoun
the willow; willow twigs
Sallownoun
a name given to certain species of willow, especially those which do not have flexible shoots, as Salix caprea, S. cinerea, etc
Sallow
having a yellowish color; of a pale, sickly color, tinged with yellow; as, a sallow skin
Sallowverb
to tinge with sallowness
Etymology: [OE. salwe, AS. sealh; akin to OHG. salaha, G. salweide, Icel. selja, L. salix, Ir. sail, saileach, Gael. seileach, W. helyg, Gr. "eli`kh.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Sallow
sal′ō, n. a tree or low shrub of the willow kind—(Scot.) Sauch.—adj. Sall′owy, abounding in sallows. [A.S. sealh; Ger. sahl.]
Sallow
sal′ō, adj. of a pale, yellowish colour.—v.t. to tinge with a sallow colour.—adj. Sall′owish, somewhat sallow.—ns. Sall′ow-kitt′en, a kind of puss-moth; Sall′ow-moth, a British moth of a pale-yellow colour; Sall′owness.—adj. Sall′owy. [A.S. salo, salu; cf. Dut. zaluw, and Old High Ger. salo.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of sallow in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of sallow in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of sallow in a Sentence
I despair of the Republic! Such dreariness, such whining sallow women, such utter absence of the amenities, such crass food, crass manners, crass landscape!! What a horror it is for a whole nation to be developing without the sense of beauty, and eating bananas for breakfast.
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- zažloutlýCzech
- ωχρός, χλωμός, ιτιάGreek
- cetrinoSpanish
- raita, kellertävä, harmaankeltainenFinnish
- cireux, saule, jaunâtreFrench
- odharScottish Gaelic
- רדודהHebrew
- ива козья, землистыйRussian
- ivaSerbo-Croatian
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