SALLOW

sallow, sickly

(adjective) unhealthy looking

sallow

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

sallow

(verb) cause to become sallow; “The illness has sallowed her face”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Adjective

sallow (comparative sallower, superlative sallowest)

(of skin) Yellowish.

(most regions, of light skin) Of a sickly pale colour.

(Ireland) Of a tan colour, associated with people from southern Europe or East Asia.

(of a person) Having skin (especially on the face) of a sickly pale colour.

(of objects or dim light) Having a similar pale, yellowish colour.

Dirty; murky.

Synonyms

• (sickly pale): See also pallid

Verb

sallow (third-person singular simple present sallows, present participle sallowing, simple past and past participle sallowed)

(intransitive) To become sallow.

(transitive) To cause (someone or something) to become sallow.

Etymology 2

Noun

sallow (plural sallows)

A European willow, Salix caprea, that has broad leaves, large catkins and tough wood.

A willow twig or branch.

Synonyms

• (Salix caprea): goat willow

Anagrams

• allows

Source: Wiktionary

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Sal"low, n. Etym: [OE. salwe, AS. sealth; akin to OHG. salaha, G. salwiede, Icel. selja L. salix, Ir. sail, saileach, Gael. seileach, W. helyg, Gr.

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.)

Definition: A name given to certain species of willow, especially those which do not have flexible shoots, as Salix caprea, S. cinerea, etc. Sallow thorn (Bot.), a European thorny shrub (Hippophae rhamnoides) much like an Elæagnus. The yellow berries are sometimes used for making jelly, and the plant affords a yellow dye.

Sal"low, a. [Compar. Sallower; superl. Sallowest.] Etym: [AS. salu; akin to D. zaluw, OHG. salo, Icel. sölr yellow.]

Definition: Having a yellowish color; of a pale, sickly color, tinged with yellow; as, a sallow skin. Shak.

Sal"low, v. t.

Definition: To tinge with sallowness. [Poetic] July breathes hot, sallows the crispy fields. Lowell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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