sallow
adjective/ˈsæləʊ/
/ˈsæləʊ/
- (of a person’s skin or face) having a slightly yellow colour that does not look healthy synonym pasty2
- He was a small man with a thin sallow face.
- a sallow complexion
Oxford Collocations DictionarySallow is used with these nouns:- complexion
- face
- skin
- …
Word Originadjective Old English salo ‘dusky’, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse sǫlr ‘yellow’, from a base meaning ‘dirty’.Want to learn more?
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