yellowishadj.

Brit.

/ˈjɛləʊɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈjɛloʊɪʃ/

Forms: see yellow adj. and n. and -ish suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: yellow adj., -ish suffix¹.

Etymology: < yellow adj. + -ish suffix¹.

Somewhat yellow; having a yellow tint or tinge.

ΘΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective] > yellowish

yellowisha1398

saffronish1530

jaunish1597

sanded1600

saffrony1630

yellowy1667

sallow1747

sallowish1753

sandy1819

flavescent1853

sandyish1863

flavicant1871

chromy1883

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. xiii. xxi. 670 Ȝouȝ [read Þouȝ] he [sc. þe see] haue no colour of his owne, he chaungeþ colours by qualite of wyndes, for now he is whitisshe and ȝelowisshe, now white and clere, now blak.

a1450 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xiii. xxi Nowe he [sc. the sea] is whitissche and ȝelowissche now white & clere.

c1450 ( H. Daniel Liber Uricrisiarum (Gloucester Cathedral 19) No. 1 f. 2, in Middle Eng. Dict. at Yelwish It ys evirmare whityssh or ȝolowyssh.

?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens iv. sig. N.ij And the melancolyke blode is thycke and blacke, or yellowysshe.

1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xlvi. 184 The Badgerdwhelpes haue theyr nose, their throte, and their eares yellowyshe.

1622 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman xii. 111 Linseede oyle will turne yeallowish.

1687 R. Kirby in R. Kirby & J. Bishop Marrow Astrol. i. 23 The hair somewhat yellowish, or inclinable to a sandy flaxen.

1700 J. Brome Trav. iii. 164 The Earth standing upon Clay, and being of divers colours, whitish, yellowish and blue.

1781 T. Pennant Hist. Quadrupeds I. 188 Yellowish monkey with a black face.

1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. Introd. p. xliv His clean silk stockings, washed till their tint had become yellowish.

1884 A. Lang in Cent. Mag. Jan. 323/1 The London houses of dirty, yellowish brick.

1910 Times 1 Feb. 5/2 In normal times the yellowish waters of the Yonne reach the city first.

1945 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 45 943/2 It seems that yellowish teeth decay somewhat less often than those of a grayish, bluish, or greenish hue.

2016 Daily Tel. (Austral.) (Nexis) 18 Sept. 15 Sun bears are the smallest of the world's bears... Their name comes from their white or yellowish chest markings.

Compounds

C1. Modifying adjectives and nouns of colour, as yellowish-brown, yellowish-green, etc.

1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 134^v It hath leaues lyke basil, and a yelowish rede sede, all full of oyle.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 123 The Prymerose..hath small whitishe, or yellowish greene leaues in all partes.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 541 Rounde huskes or knoppes, conteyning a yellowishe browne seede.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 15 A certaine foure-footed beast, of a yellowish-carnation colour.

1688 London Gaz. No. 2411/4 A yellowish bay Stone-horse.

1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 499 The yellowish-grey Fringilla.

1798 G. Mitchell tr. D. L. G. Karsten Descr. Minerals in Leskean Mus. I. 619 A large slab of yellowish white, very abundantly yellowish grey veined Alabaster.

1843 J. E. Portlock Rep. Geol. Londonderry 214 Miemite of a rich yellowish-green.

1882 Garden 12 Aug. 145/3 Lovely yellow or yellowish scarlet tints.

1925 Sci. Monthly Oct. 441 A yellowish red oil, transparent and viscous.

1975 Strawberry Insects (U.S. Dept. Agric. Farmers' Bull. No. 2184) 3/2 Color ranges from yellowish green to dark bluish green or black.

2016 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 27 Sept. a10 It shouldn't be that yellowish-brown.

C2. Forming parasynthetic adjectives, as yellowish-coloured, yellowish footed, yellowish haired, etc.; also forming complementary adjectives, as yellowish-looking.

a1425 ( H. Daniel Liber Uricrisiarum (Wellcome 225) 89 (MED) Malancolicus: invyous, carfull, covatous, tough, & not worth, full of deceyvynge, hee-hartyd, ȝalowysshydyd.

1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum v. cxii. 716 Round white heads conteining darke yellowish coloured seede.

1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 2 A yellowish coloured fat Earth.

1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Goose A goose..if yellowish footed and bill'd, [is] young.

1840 G. V. Ellis Demonstr. Anat. 41 A thin, yellowish-looking band.

1885 Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 12 75 First segment wholly black haired, except on the posterior angles where it is brownish pollinose and yellowish haired.

1955 Mich. Alumnus 7 May 300/1 I noticed a rather yellowish-hued structure going up where the old gates to Ferry Field used to stand.

1980 E. L. Abel Marihuana vii. 138 These were a yellowish-skinned people who spoke a ‘click’ language.

2011 Straits Times (Singapore) (Nexis) 26 June The yellowish-coloured wine gives a fruity taste on the palate.

Derivatives

ˈyellowishness n.

ΘΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [noun] > yellowishness

yellowishness1547

1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe ii. f. xxvii^v An vrine that is yelowe lyke the yelowyshnesse of an horne of a lanterne that is bryght.

1657 W. Rand tr. P. Gassendi Mirrour of Nobility iii. 196 A certain dark and obscure yellowishness [in a picture].

1766 J. Theobald Every Man his own Physician (new ed.) 25 A yellowishness of the whites of the eyes, and of the whole body.

1837 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 10 July Affections of the skin, as tan, sunburn, morphew, or yellowishness of the skin.

1941 E. R. Eddison Fish Dinner xi. 184 The cloud-bank was indigo against that yellowishness of the sky.

2006 Analysis 66 341 Orange, thus, is naturally taken to be a conjunctive property, reddishness and yellowishness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	yellowish
释义	yellowishadj. Brit. /ˈjɛləʊɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈjɛloʊɪʃ/ Forms: see yellow adj. and n. and -ish suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: yellow adj., -ish suffix¹. Etymology: < yellow adj. + -ish suffix¹. Somewhat yellow; having a yellow tint or tinge. ΘΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective] > yellowish yellowisha1398 saffronish1530 jaunish1597 sanded1600 saffrony1630 yellowy1667 sallow1747 sallowish1753 sandy1819 flavescent1853 sandyish1863 flavicant1871 chromy1883 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. xiii. xxi. 670 Ȝouȝ [read Þouȝ] he [sc. þe see] haue no colour of his owne, he chaungeþ colours by qualite of wyndes, for now he is whitisshe and ȝelowisshe, now white and clere, now blak. a1450 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xiii. xxi Nowe he [sc. the sea] is whitissche and ȝelowissche now white & clere. c1450 ( H. Daniel Liber Uricrisiarum (Gloucester Cathedral 19) No. 1 f. 2, in Middle Eng. Dict. at Yelwish It ys evirmare whityssh or ȝolowyssh. ?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens iv. sig. N.ij And the melancolyke blode is thycke and blacke, or yellowysshe. 1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xlvi. 184 The Badgerdwhelpes haue theyr nose, their throte, and their eares yellowyshe. 1622 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman xii. 111 Linseede oyle will turne yeallowish. 1687 R. Kirby in R. Kirby & J. Bishop Marrow Astrol. i. 23 The hair somewhat yellowish, or inclinable to a sandy flaxen. 1700 J. Brome Trav. iii. 164 The Earth standing upon Clay, and being of divers colours, whitish, yellowish and blue. 1781 T. Pennant Hist. Quadrupeds I. 188 Yellowish monkey with a black face. 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. Introd. p. xliv His clean silk stockings, washed till their tint had become yellowish. 1884 A. Lang in Cent. Mag. Jan. 323/1 The London houses of dirty, yellowish brick. 1910 Times 1 Feb. 5/2 In normal times the yellowish waters of the Yonne reach the city first. 1945 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 45 943/2 It seems that yellowish teeth decay somewhat less often than those of a grayish, bluish, or greenish hue. 2016 Daily Tel. (Austral.) (Nexis) 18 Sept. 15 Sun bears are the smallest of the world's bears... Their name comes from their white or yellowish chest markings. Compounds C1. Modifying adjectives and nouns of colour, as yellowish-brown, yellowish-green, etc. Π 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 134^v It hath leaues lyke basil, and a yelowish rede sede, all full of oyle. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 123 The Prymerose..hath small whitishe, or yellowish greene leaues in all partes. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 541 Rounde huskes or knoppes, conteyning a yellowishe browne seede. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 15 A certaine foure-footed beast, of a yellowish-carnation colour. 1688 London Gaz. No. 2411/4 A yellowish bay Stone-horse. 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 499 The yellowish-grey Fringilla. 1798 G. Mitchell tr. D. L. G. Karsten Descr. Minerals in Leskean Mus. I. 619 A large slab of yellowish white, very abundantly yellowish grey veined Alabaster. 1843 J. E. Portlock Rep. Geol. Londonderry 214 Miemite of a rich yellowish-green. 1882 Garden 12 Aug. 145/3 Lovely yellow or yellowish scarlet tints. 1925 Sci. Monthly Oct. 441 A yellowish red oil, transparent and viscous. 1975 Strawberry Insects (U.S. Dept. Agric. Farmers' Bull. No. 2184) 3/2 Color ranges from yellowish green to dark bluish green or black. 2016 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 27 Sept. a10 It shouldn't be that yellowish-brown. C2. Forming parasynthetic adjectives, as yellowish-coloured, yellowish footed, yellowish haired, etc.; also forming complementary adjectives, as yellowish-looking. Π a1425 ( H. Daniel Liber Uricrisiarum (Wellcome 225) 89 (MED) Malancolicus: invyous, carfull, covatous, tough, & not worth, full of deceyvynge, hee-hartyd, ȝalowysshydyd. 1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum v. cxii. 716 Round white heads conteining darke yellowish coloured seede. 1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 2 A yellowish coloured fat Earth. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Goose A goose..if yellowish footed and bill'd, [is] young. 1840 G. V. Ellis Demonstr. Anat. 41 A thin, yellowish-looking band. 1885 Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 12 75 First segment wholly black haired, except on the posterior angles where it is brownish pollinose and yellowish haired. 1955 Mich. Alumnus 7 May 300/1 I noticed a rather yellowish-hued structure going up where the old gates to Ferry Field used to stand. 1980 E. L. Abel Marihuana vii. 138 These were a yellowish-skinned people who spoke a ‘click’ language. 2011 Straits Times (Singapore) (Nexis) 26 June The yellowish-coloured wine gives a fruity taste on the palate. Derivatives ˈyellowishness n. ΘΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [noun] > yellowishness yellowishness1547 1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe ii. f. xxvii^v An vrine that is yelowe lyke the yelowyshnesse of an horne of a lanterne that is bryght. 1657 W. Rand tr. P. Gassendi Mirrour of Nobility iii. 196 A certain dark and obscure yellowishness [in a picture]. 1766 J. Theobald Every Man his own Physician (new ed.) 25 A yellowishness of the whites of the eyes, and of the whole body. 1837 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 10 July Affections of the skin, as tan, sunburn, morphew, or yellowishness of the skin. 1941 E. R. Eddison Fish Dinner xi. 184 The cloud-bank was indigo against that yellowishness of the sky. 2006 Analysis 66 341 Orange, thus, is naturally taken to be a conjunctive property, reddishness and yellowishness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † yellowishv. Forms: 1500s yelowish. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: yellowish adj. Etymology: < yellowish adj. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To turn (something) yellowish or somewhat yellow. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > making yellow > make yellow [verb (transitive)] > make yellowish yellowish1583 sallow1831 1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke iii. xxvi. 115 He abhorreth meate, and is troubled with watching, and desireth colde thinges, and withall these his tongue is yelowished. 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yellowishadj.

Compounds

Derivatives

† yellowishv.