sallow1
adj.
(sallower, sallowest)
(of a person's face or complexion) of a yellowish or pale brown colour.
Derivative
- sallowish adj.
- sallowness n.
Etymology
OE salo ‘dusky’, of Gmc origin.
sallow2
n.
- chiefly Brit. a willow tree of a typically low-growing or shrubby kind.
[Salix cinerea and related species.]
- a moth whose larvae feed on willows.
[Xanthia icteritia and related species.]
Derivative
Etymology
OE salh, of Gmc origin; rel. to L. salix ‘willow’.
