sallow

== English == === Alternative forms === salley (obsolete) === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˈsæloʊ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsæləʊ/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈsæləʉ/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈsalo/ Rhymes: -æləʊ === Etymology 1 === From Middle English salowe, from Old English salu, from Proto-West Germanic *salu, from Proto-Germanic *salwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *selH-. See also Dutch zaluw, dialectal German sal; also Irish salach (“dirty”), Welsh halog, Latin salīva, Russian соло́вый (solóvyj, “cream-colored”), and - through Frankish - French sale. ==== Adjective ==== sallow (comparative sallower, superlative sallowest) (of skin) Yellowish. (most regions, of light skin) Of a sickly pale colour. (Ireland) Of a tan colour, associated with people from southern Europe or East Asia. 17 January 2012, Aisling, "Am I pink or yellow? How to choose the right foundation tone. And what is the deal with Mac foundations?" beaut.ie: A yellow undertone is often found on people with sallow skin – e.g. Asian. (of a person) Having skin (especially on the face) of a sickly pale colour. (of objects or dim light) Having a similar pale, yellowish colour. Foul; murky; sickly. ===== Synonyms ===== (sickly pale): See also Thesaurus:pallid ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== sallow (third-person singular simple present sallows, present participle sallowing, simple past and past participle sallowed) (intransitive) To become sallow. (transitive) To cause (someone or something) to become sallow. 1835, Fanny Kemble (as Frances Anne Butler), Journal, London: John Murray, Volume 1, entry for 15 September, 1832, p. 105, footnote,[13] The climate of this country is the scape-goat upon which all ill looks and ill health of the ladies is laid; but while they are brought up as effeminately as they are, take as little exercise, live in rooms like ovens during the winter, and marry as early as they do, it will appear evident that many causes combine with an extremely variable climate, to sallow their complexions, and destroy their constitutions. === Etymology 2 === From Middle English salow, salwe, from Old English sealh, from Proto-West Germanic *salh, from Proto-Germanic *salhaz, masculine variant of *salhō, *salhijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂lk-, *sh₂lik-. See also Low German Sal, Saal; Swedish sälg; also Welsh helyg, Latin salix (and also a doublet of the thence derived English borrowing salix) probably originally a borrowing from some other language. ==== Noun ==== sallow (plural sallows) A European willow, Salix caprea, that has broad leaves, large catkins and tough wood. c. 1553, Humphrey Llwyd (translator), The Treasury of Healthe, London: William Coplande, Remedies, Chapter 44,[17] I[f] a man eate the flowers of a sallow or wyllowe tree, or of a Poplet tree, they wyl make cold al the heate of carnall lust in hym. A willow twig or branch. 1564, William Bullein, A Dialogue Bothe Pleasaunte and Pietifull Wherein Is a Goodly Regimente against the Feuer Pestilence with a Consolacion and Comfort against Death, London: John Kingston, [p. 22b],[19] […] set Sallowes about the bedde, besprinkled with vineger and rose water. 1767, Francis Fawkes (translator), The Idylliums of Theocritus, London, for the author, Idyllium 16, p. 156,[20] For lo! their spears the Syracusians wield, And bend the pliant sallow to a shield: ===== Synonyms ===== (Salix caprea): goat willow ===== Derived terms ===== grey sallow (Salix cinerea) sallow flute sally ===== Translations ===== === Anagrams === allows == Middle English == === Noun === sallow alternative form of salow