yellowy
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
yellow/ˈjeləʊ/
▶adjective
- 1 of the colour between green and orange in the spectrum, a primary subtractive colour complementary to blue; coloured like ripe lemons or egg yolks.
■ offensive having a yellowish or olive skin (as used to describe Chinese or Japanese people).
■ denoting a warning of danger which is thought to be near but not actually imminent.
- 2 informal cowardly.
- 3 (of a book or newspaper) unscrupulously sensational.
- 1 yellow colour or pigment.
- 2 used in names of yellow butterflies and moths, e.g. clouded yellow.
- 3 (yellows) any of a number of plant diseases in which the leaves turn yellow, typically caused by viruses and transmitted by insects.
– phrases
the yellow peril offensive the political or military threat regarded as being posed by the Chinese or by the peoples of SE Asia.
the yellow peril offensive the political or military threat regarded as being posed by the Chinese or by the peoples of SE Asia.
– derivatives
yellowed adjective,
yellowing adjective,
yellowish adjective,
yellowness noun,
yellowy adjective.
yellowed adjective,
yellowing adjective,
yellowish adjective,
yellowness noun,
yellowy adjective.
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