单词 | sallowish |
释义 | sallowishadj. Somewhat sallow in hue. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > looking ill wanc700 sunken?a1505 wersh?a1505 wearisha1535 waryish1565 sunk1578 chap-fallen1597 chop-fallen1604 squalid1661 sallow1747 sallowish1753 peaked1804 shilpit1813 shirpit1821 peely-wally1832 peakish1836 the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective] > yellowish yellowisha1398 saffronish1530 jaunish1597 sanded1600 saffrony1630 yellowy1667 sallow1747 sallowish1753 sandy1819 flavescent1853 sandyish1863 flavicant1871 chromy1883 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison III. v. 30 Her complexion, sallowish, streaked with red. 1754 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VII. xxxiv. 158 He..has..a complexion a sallowish brown. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. xi. 100 A youngish sallowish gentleman in spectacles. 1889 Macmillan's Mag. Apr. 410/2 'Twas now of a cold, sallowish green. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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