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noun
1.
a color like that of egg yolk, ripe lemons, etc.; the primary color between green and orange in the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 570 and 590 nm.
2.
the yolk of an egg.
3.
a yellow pigment or dye.
4.
Informal. yellow light.
5.
Slang. yellow jacket (def. 2).
adjective
6.
of the color yellow.
7.
8.
having a sallow or yellowish complexion.
9.
Informal. cowardly.
10.
EXPAND(of journalism, a newspaper, etc.)
a.
sensational, especially morbidly or offensively so: That yellow rag carried all the gory details.
b.
dishonest in editorial comment and the presentation of news, especially in sacrificing truth for sensationalism: Objective reporting isn't always a match for yellow journalism.
11.
COLLAPSEjealous; envious.
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Yellowed
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| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
12.
to make or become yellow: Yellow the sheets with dye. The white stationery had yellowed with age.
Origin:
before 900; 1895–1900 for def. 9; Middle English yelou (adj. and noun), Old English geolo, geolu (adj.); cognate with Dutch geel, German gelb, Latin helvus pale-yellow; akin to Old Norse gulr
before 900; 1895–1900 for def. 9; Middle English yelou (adj. and noun), Old English geolo, geolu (adj.); cognate with Dutch geel, German gelb, Latin helvus pale-yellow; akin to Old Norse gulr
Related forms
yel·low·ly, adverb
yel·low·ness, noun
Synonyms
9. craven, timorous, fearful.
9. craven, timorous, fearful.
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Word Origin & History
yellow
O.E. geolu, geolwe, from P.Gmc. *gelwaz (cf. O.S., O.H.G. gelo, M.Du. ghele, Du. geel, M.H.G. gel, Ger. gelb, O.N. gulr, Swed. gul "yellow"), from PIE *ghel-/*ghol- "yellow, green" (see Chloe). The verb meaning "to become yellow" is O.E. geoluwian. Adj. meaning "light-skinned"
EXPAND(of blacks) first recorded 1808. Applied to Asiatics since 1787, though the first recorded reference is to Turkish words for inhabitants of India. Yellow peril translates Ger. die gelbe gefahr. Sense of "cowardly" is 1856, of unknown origin; the color was traditionally associated rather with treachery. Yellow-bellied "cowardly" is from 1924, probably a rhyming reduplication of yellow; earlier yellow-belly was a sailor's name for a half-caste (1867) and a Texas term for Mexican soldiers (1842, based on the color of their uniforms). Yellow dog "mongrel" is attested from c.1770; slang sense of "contemptible person" first recorded 1881.
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