yellowy Definition

yellow
adj yellower, yellowing

1. Of the colour of gold, butter, egg-yolk, a lemon, etc.

Thesaurus: yellowish, xanthous, flaxen, golden, lemon, saffron.
2. derog, colloq
Cowardly.
Thesaurus: cowardly, craven, cringing,chicken slang), wimpy slang).
3. often offensive
When used as a term of racial description: having a yellow or yellowish skin.
4. Said of journalism: sensationalist.

Thesaurus: sensational, tabloid, unethical, unprincipled, chauvinistic, lowbrow.

noun

1. Any shade of the colour of gold, butter, egg-yolk, etc.
2. Something, eg material or paint, that is yellow in colour.

verb

tr & intr
yellowed, yellowing
1. To make or become yellow.

Derivative: yellowish
adj

Derivative: yellowness
noun

Derivative: yellowy
adj

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon geolu.