Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - sallow
Sallow
sallow
1. adj. & v. --adj. (sallower, sallowest) (of the skin or complexion, or of a person) of a sickly yellow or pale brown. --v.tr. & intr. make or become sallow. Derivatives sallowish adj. sallowness n. Etymology: OE salo dusky f. Gmc 2. n. 1 a willow-tree, esp. one of a low-growing or shrubby kind. 2 the wood or a shoot of this. Derivatives sallowy adj. Etymology: OE salh salg- f. Gmc, rel. to OHG salaha, ON selja, L salix
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sealh; akin to Old High German salha ~, Latin salix willow Date: before 12th century any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark, II. adjective Etymology: Middle English salowe, from Old English salu; akin to Old High German salo murky, Russian solovyĭ yellowish gray Date: before 12th century of a grayish greenish yellow color, ~ish adjective ~ness noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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