tallowy

American  

[tal-oh-ee] / ˈtæl oʊ i /

Or tallowlike

adjective

1. resembling tallow in consistency, color, etc.; fatty.

   a tallowy mass of moistened powder; tallowy skin.

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Other Word Forms

• tallowiness noun

Etymology

Origin of tallowy

First recorded in 1400–50, tallowy is from the late Middle English word talwy. See tallow, -y ¹

Example Sentences

When the doctor handed Emmett to me, tallowy and streaked with blood, it was the first time I’d ever really held a baby.

From New York Times

Three times a day the family gorges itself upon lumps of mutton, fried in the tallowy fat of the sheep’s tail, or else—their only change of diet—upon the tasteless fricadel—kneaded balls of meat and onions, likewise swimming in grease.

From Project Gutenberg

"Now listen!" said this fellow, a giant, with long black hair falling over a tallowy face.

From Project Gutenberg

The tallowy man in a blue kerseymere coat and breeches is one of the Feeders, and is acting in that capacity for the Services represented by Lieutenant Blewforth, while the civilians are employing the good offices of Jimmy Trickett, who on less exciting occasions is one of the hostlers of the Blue Boar.

From Project Gutenberg

Chromophile is delightful up to a certain point, and then the work sinks extraordinarily blind and tallowy; and as you want something in the way of varnish at the end, it seems desirable to carry that or some varnish in a moderate degree right through.

From Project Gutenberg