Yellowish Meaning
/ˈjɛləʊɪʃ/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjSomewhat yellow in colour.
Sentence Examples
Yellowish leafs can be synonym for plagues.
The content of that polyethylene bottle is cloudy and yellowish. Could it be urine?
CEFR Practice Quiz
Due to a lack of sunlight, the plant's leaves became ____ instead of healthy green.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The leaves of the plant began to turn a ____ color, which indicated that it needed some more several nutrients today.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English ȝelowisch; equivalent to yellow + -ish.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"But, like more than one similar North Wales beauty-spot, there had to be (at least at the time of which I write), a quarry, or ironworks, or some kind of industrial plant, which lay perpetually under a cloud of yellowish smoke—literally a blot on the landscape."
— 1955 January 26, R. S. McNaught, “From the Severn to the Mersey by Great Western”, in Railway Magazine, pages 18-19:
"A biologist has named a newly discovered species of moth after our next president. The Neopalpa donaldtrumpi is a wee little creature found in parts of California and Baja, Mexico. […] It seems nature favors fancy golden hairdos as much as the man himself (who could forget China’s beloved Trump bird?), because the N. donaldtrumpi sports a very familiar-looking crown of yellowish scales."
— 2017 January 18, AJ Willingham, “New moth named in honor of Donald Trump”, in CNN:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Due to a lack of sunlight, the plant's leaves became ____ instead of healthy green.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The leaves of the plant began to turn a ____ color, which indicated that it needed some more several nutrients today.