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noun
The state, quality, or degree of being yellow in colour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Cowardice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
Jealousy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable, usually
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noun
yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: yellow
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour
Narrower terms: canary yellow, canary, amber, gold, brownish yellow, gamboge, lemon, lemon yellow, maize, old gold, orange yellow, saffron, pale yellow, straw, wheat, greenish yellow
History
From Middle English ȝalownes; equivalent to yellow + -ness.
Across languages
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
