Sallow English Sal Oh Adjective Sickly Yellowish Hue Complexion

Of a sickly yellowish hue or complexion.

verb tr.

To make sallow.

[Middle English salowe, from Old English salo.]

"Upstairs, a few desperately merry waiters are serving nonalcoholic drinks and cheeseburgers to sallow diners who look as if they've arrived at the end of the world ...." - Pico Iyer, Where worlds collide: in Los Angeles International Airport, the future touches down, Harper's Magazine, Aug 1995.