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yellowish

[ yel-oh-ish ]

adjective

  1. somewhat yellow; tinged with yellow; yellowy.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of yellowish1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; yellow, -ish 1

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Example Sentences

It has yellowish stains and looks abandoned, but seems intact.

And then, little by little, the yellowish brown stains grew.

His dove gray waistcoat matched his jacket and Lillian decided his trousers were a hideous shade of yellowish-brown.

The skin on my face and arms took on a mottled, yellowish appearance, like an old newspaper left out in the sun.

The slightest yellowish-brown discoloration indicates the presence of lead.

When very fresh, they have a normal appearance, being yellowish discs of uniform size (normal blood).

Yellowish or brown, needle-like or rhombic crystals of hematoidin (Fig. 32) may be seen after hemorrhage into the bowel.

If it is of good size, well matured and of good yellowish color, there is necessarily but little difficulty in the operation.

The underside of the upper wings have the costa and summit covered with spots and minute incontinuous lines of a yellowish colour.

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