yellowish

[yel-oh-ish]

adjective

1. somewhat yellow; tinged with yellow; yellowy.

Word History and Origins

Origin of yellowish¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; yellow, -ish ¹

Example Sentences

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.

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In an instant, the sky far to the west switched from black to yellowish white, as if someone had flipped on a light in a dark room.

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The Charger Power look features yellowish gold jerseys with matching pants, to be worn with the regular white helmet.

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Zimmer’s team members—who worked in hazmat suits to protect themselves from the lead-rich yellowish deposits that coated the cathedral after the fire—also recovered 1000 pallets of stone and metal items.

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It is usually the duller yellowish birds which are spotted in the UK, having been swept off course by storms as they migrate south in the autumn, the website said.

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