Definition of "sallowy" in English

adjective

1. Of a sallow tinge; yellowish.

adjective

1. Having many sallows.

   • 1859-85, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Idylls of the King He dreamed; but Arthur with a hundred spears / Rode far, till o'er the illimitable reed, / And many a glancing plash and sallowy isle