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Definition of sallow adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

sallow

adjective
 
/ˈsæləʊ/
 
/ˈsæləʊ/
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  1. (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
    • …
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    Word Originadjective Old English salo ‘dusky’, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse sǫlr ‘yellow’, from a base meaning ‘dirty’.
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