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sallow

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sal⋅low

1  [sal-oh] adjective, -er, -est, verb
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–adjective
1. of a sickly, yellowish color: sallow cheeks; a sallow complexion.
–verb (used with object)
2. to make sallow.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME sal(o)we, OE salo; c. ON sǫlr yellow; cf. F sale dirty (< Gmc)

Related forms:
sal⋅low⋅ish, adjective
sal⋅low⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. bilious, jaundiced.

sal⋅low

2  [sal-oh]
–noun British.
any of several shrubby Old World willows, esp. Salix atrocinerea or the pussy willow, S. caprea.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE sealh; c. OHG salaha, L salix
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sal·low 1   (sāl'ō)   
adj.   sal·low·er, sal·low·est
Of a sickly yellowish hue or complexion.
tr.v.   sal·lowed, sal·low·ing, sal·lows
To make sallow.

[Middle English salowe, from Old English salo.]
sal'low·ly adv., sal'low·ness n.
sal·low 2   (sāl'ō)   
n.  A broad-leaved European willow (Salix caprea) having large catkins that appear before the leaves and tough wood used as a source of charcoal.

[Middle English saloue, from Old English sealh.]
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Word Origin & History

sallow  (n.)
"shrubby willow plant," O.E. sealh (Anglian salh), from P.Gmc. *salhjon (cf. O.N. selja, O.H.G. salaha, and first element in Ger. compound Salweide), fro PIE *sal(i)k- "willow" (cf. L. salix "willow," M.Ir. sail, Welsh helygen, Breton halegen "willow"). Fr. saule "willow" is from Frank. salha, from the Gmc. root. Used in Palm Sunday processions and decorations in England before the importing of real palm leaves began.

sallow  (adj.)
O.E. salo "dusky, dark" (related to sol "dark, dirty"), from P.Gmc. *salwa- (cf. M.Du. salu "discolored, dirty," O.H.G. salo "dirty gray," O.N. sölr "dirty yellow"), from PIE base *sal- "dirty, gray" (cf. O.C.S. slavojocije "grayish-blue color," Rus. solovoj "cream-colored").
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Medical Dictionary

sallow sal·low (sāl'ō)
adj. sal·low·er, sal·low·est
Of a sickly yellowish hue or complexion. v. sal·lowed, sal·low·ing, sal·lows
To make sallow.

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