- having the colour of lemons or butter
- pale yellow flowers
- a bright yellow waterproof jacket
- Her teeth were rather yellow.
- She wore a pale yellow dress.
- The leaves turn yellow in November.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- creamy
- dirty
- sickly
- …
- (taboo, offensive) a very offensive word used to describe the light brown skin of people from some East Asian countries
- (informal, disapproving) easily frightened synonym cowardly
Word OriginOld English geolu, geolo, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch geel and German gelb, also to gold.
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