yellowish
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of yellowish
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; yellow, -ish 1
Example Sentences
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“The thing about smog is that it smelled like a color to me because I live in color, and the way I described it was yellowish, greenish — murky.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
“They’ve got yellowish, brownish stains—you know, from humidity,” Luciani said, musing about how many dollars now sitting in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026
When they got to the last three to five metres, "it just got dark brownish, sort of a yellowish colour", which told them they had potentially found very different conditions, said Kutuzov.
From Barron's • Nov. 7, 2025
Other dentists were less sure about the wad of yellowish stuff stuck between his left front tooth and the tooth next to it.
From Slate • Jul. 15, 2025
Three pairs of rolling, mad eyes; three noses, twitching and quivering in their direction; three drooling mouths, saliva hanging in slippery ropes from yellowish fangs.
From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
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