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Definition yellow

Etymology

From Middle English yelwe, yelou, from Old English ?eolu, from Proto-Germanic *gelwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *??elh?wos (compare Welsh gwelw (“pale”), Latin helvus (“dull yellow”)), from *??elh?- (“gleam, yellow”) (compare Irish geal (“white, bright”), Lithuanian žalias (“green”), Ancient Greek ?????? (khl?rós, “light green”), Persian ??‎ (zar, “yellow”), Sanskrit ??? (hari, “greenish-yellow”)). Cognate with German gelb (“yellow”), Dutch geel (“yellow”).

The verb is from Old English ?eolwian, from the adjective.

Adjective

yellow (comparative yellower, superlative yellowest)

  1. Having yellow as its colour.
  2. (informal) Lacking courage.
  3. (publishing, journalism) Characterized by sensationalism, lurid content, and doubtful accuracy.
  4. (chiefly derogatory, offensive) Far East Asian (relating to Asian people).
  5. (dated, Australia, offensive) Of mixed Aboriginal and Caucasian ancestry.
  6. (dated, US) High yellow.
  7. (Britain, politics) Related to the Liberal Democrats.
  8. (politics) Related to the Free Democratic Party of Germany.

Noun

The colour of gold, butter, or a lemon; the colour obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light.
  • (US) The intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights, the illumination of which indicates that drivers should stop short of the intersection if it is safe to do so.
  • (snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 2 points.
  • (pocket billiards) One of two groups of object balls, or a ball from that group, as used in the principally British version of pool that makes use of unnumbered balls (the (yellow(s) and red(s)); contrast stripes and solids in the originally American version with numbered balls).
  • (sports) A yellow card.
  • Any of various pierid butterflies of the subfamily Coliadinae, especially the yellow coloured species. Compare sulphur.

    • Verb

    yellow (third-person singular simple present yellows, present participle yellowing, simple past and past participle yellowed)

    1. (intransitive) To become yellow or more yellow.
    2. (transitive) To make (something) yellow or more yellow.

    Results 77 Words with the letters YELLOW

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    OVERWHELMINGLY 33
    WHOLEHEARTEDLY 26
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    UNWHOLESOMELY 27
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    YELLOWTHROATS 22
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    GILLYFLOWERS 25
    NONYELLOWING 24
    OTHERWORLDLY 22
    YELLOWHAMMER 27
    YELLOWTHROAT 21
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    PLAYFELLOWS 25
    POWERLESSLY 21
    WHOLESOMELY 23
    WONDERFULLY 24
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    YELLOWWARES 21
    YELLOWWOODS 22
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    YELLOWWOOD 21
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    WELCOMELY 22
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    YELLOWFIN 20
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    YELLOWISH 18
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    WOEFULLY 19
    YELLOWED 16
    YELLOWER 15
    YELLOWLY 18
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    YELLOWY 16
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    WELLY 12
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    WELL 9
    WYLE 10
    YELL 8
    YOWE 9
    YOWL 10
    3 letter words with the letters YELLOW ↑
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    LEY 6
    LOW 7
    LYE 6
    OLE 4
    OWE 6
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    WOE 6
    WYE 8
    YEW 8
    YOW 8
    2 letter words with the letters YELLOW ↑
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    LO 3
    OE 2
    OW 5
    OY 4
    WE 5
    WO 5
    YE 4
    YO 4

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