yellowish
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of yellowish
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at yellow, -ish 1
Example Sentences
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The treated livers appeared smaller and healthier, with a normal red color, compared to the enlarged, yellowish livers seen in untreated animals.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 16, 2026
“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
Waterbury, a city of 115,000 in west central Connecticut, was long known as “Brass City” for its factories that made everything from lipstick holders to parts of Hoover Dam from the yellowish alloy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 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
That shadow would marry this shadow, and the peculiar, yellowish soil of our locality seal the wound in the whiteness, and yet another snowfall erase the traces of newness in Joan's grave.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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