yellowish
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yellowish
- /ˈjɛləʊɪʃ/ UK
- /ˈjɛlɔʊɪʃ/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle English ȝelowisch; equivalent to yellow + -ish.
adjective
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Somewhat yellow in colour.
But, like more than one similar North Wales beauty-spot, there had to be (at least at the time of which I write), a quarry, or ironworks, or some kind of industrial plant, which lay perpetually under a cloud of yellowish smoke—literally a blot on the landscape.
Similar: yellowy, flavescent, icterine, luteous, lutescent, yellowish, xanthic
Opposite: achromatic, colorless
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: colored, chromatic, luteolous, lutescent, yolk, sallow, amber, yellowy, saffron, golden, blond, aureate, straw-colored, lemony, ochreous, flaxen
adjective
Opposite: achromatic, colorless
Translations
Every language
adj somewhat yellow
| Español | amarillento |
|---|---|
| Português | amarelado, amarelento, tirante a amarelo |
| Français | jaunâtre |
| Deutsch | gelblich |
| Italiano | giallastro, gialliccio, giallognolo |
| Română | gălbui, gălbenatic, gălbeniu, gălbiu |
| Русский | желтова́тый želtovátyj |
| עברית | צְהַבְהַב ts'havháv |
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