'SALLOWNESS
World English Dictionary
sallow1 (ˈsæləʊ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | (esp of human skin) of an unhealthy pale or yellowish colour |
| —vb | |
| 2. | (tr) to make sallow |
| [Old English salu; related to Old Norse sol seaweed (Icelandic sōlr yellowish), Old High German salo, French sale dirty] | |
| 'sallowish1 | |
| —adj | |
| 'sallowly1 | |
| —adv | |
| 'sallowness1 | |
| —n | |
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'sallowness
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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