yellowish
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of yellowish
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; yellow, -ish 1
Example Sentences
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“We would see a line of this yellowish, pinkish haze,” Pashgian remembered.
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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.”
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Death cap mushrooms have a dome-shaped cap that may have olive or yellowish tones, while the western destroying angel has a cream or ochre-colored cap.
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“They’ve got yellowish, brownish stains—you know, from humidity,” Luciani said, musing about how many dollars now sitting in the U.S.
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.
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