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Meaning of sallowy | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1
ˈsælɵwi

Definitions

  1. Of a sallow tinge; yellowish.
  2. Having many sallows.

Examples

“He ^([sic]) skin was a sallowy yellow shade and her hair had been dyed black for a film.”
“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”

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

Sallustian salmacian salmon salmon pink salmon-coloured salmonellacidal

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