Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The quality of being sallow; paleness, tinged with brownish yellow: as, sallowness of complexion.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The quality or condition of being sallow.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The property of being sallow, yellowishness.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a sickly yellowish skin color

Etymologies

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sallow +‎ -ness

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