sallow in Latin

sallow in Latin

What does "sallow" mean?

1. adj Pale in an unhealthy-looking way.
   "For more than a century after the scandal of 1865, artists and historians wrestled with Olympia’s sallow skin, the bracelet on her right forearm, the orchid in her upswept red hair."
2. adj Of a tan colour, associated with people from southern Europe or East Asia.
   "She had such lovely sallow skin, the handsome high cheekbones of the north with the brown conker-colour eyes and the dark silken hair."
3. adj Describes skin, especially on the face, that looks pale and unwell.
4. adj Having a similar dull, yellowish shade.
   "Now a sallow night-light glowed from the table and heaped large shadows on the beds and up the walls."

sallow in a sentence

• For more than a century after the scandal of 1865, artists and historians wrestled with Olympia’s sallow skin, the bracelet on her right forearm, the orchid in her upswept red hair.
• She had such lovely sallow skin, the handsome high cheekbones of the north with the brown conker-colour eyes and the dark silken hair.
• Now a sallow night-light glowed from the table and heaped large shadows on the beds and up the walls.

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