sallow

Meanings

Plural: sallows

Noun

any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and charcoal
A European willow, Salix caprea, that has broad leaves, large catkins and tough wood.
A willow twig or branch.

Verb

cause to become sallow
- "The illness has sallowed her face"
To become sallow.
To cause (someone or something) to become sallow.

Adjective Satellite

unhealthy looking

Adj

Yellowish.
Of a sickly pale colour.
Yellowish.
Of a tan colour, associated with people from southern Europe or East Asia.
Having skin (especially on the face) of a sickly pale colour.
Having a similar pale, yellowish colour.
Foul; murky; sickly.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English salowe, from Old English salu, from Proto-West Germanic *salu, from Proto-Germanic *salwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *selH-.
See also Dutch zaluw, dialectal German sal; also Irish salach (“dirty”), Welsh halog, Latin salīva, Russian соло́вый (solóvyj, “cream-colored”), and - through Frankish - French sale.

Synonyms

goat willow, sickly

Scrabble Score: 9

sallow is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
sallow is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sallow is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

sallow is a valid Words With Friends word