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yellow
noun
1 yellow
Yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons.
synonym: yellowness.
Roget 436:
yellow
etc.
adj.;
or.
[Pigments]
gamboge;
cadmium-yellow,
chrome-yellow,
Indian-yellow king's-yellow,
lemonyellow;
orpiment†,
yellow ocher,
Claude tint,
aureolin†;
xanthein [Chem],
xanthin†;
zaofulvin†.
crocus,
saffron,
topaz;
xanthite†;
yolk.
jaundice;
London fog†;
yellowness
etc.
adj.;
icterus†;
xantho-cyanopia†,
xanthopsia [Med.].
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Dutch: geel, goud
Polish: żółtość, żółć
verb
1 yellow
Turn yellow.
Dutch: vergelen
adjective
1 yellow
Of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk.
synonyms: xanthous, yellowish.
Roget 824:
excited
etc.
v.;
wrought up,
up the qui vive [Fr.],
astir,
sparkling;
in a quiver
etc.
821,
in a fever,
in a ferment,
in a blaze,
in a state of excitement;
in hysterics;
black in the face,
overwrought,
tense,
taught,
on a razor's edge;
hot,
red-hot,
flushed,
feverish;
all of a twitter,
in a pucker;
with quivering lips,
with tears in one's eyes.
flaming;
boiling over;
ebullient,
seething;
foaming at the mouth;
fuming,
raging,
carried away by passion,
wild,
raving,
frantic,
mad,
distracted,
beside oneself,
out of one's wits,
ready to burst,
bouleverse†,
demoniacal.
lost,
eperdu [Fr.],
tempest-tossed;
haggard;
ready to sink.
stung to the quick,
up,
on one's high ropes.
exciting,
absorbing,
riveting,
distracting
etc.
v.;
impressive,
warm,
glowing,
fervid,
swelling,
imposing,
spirit-stirring,
thrilling;
high-wrought;
soul-stirring,
soul-subduing;
heart-stirring,
heart-swelling,
heart-thrilling;
agonizing
etc.
(painful)
830;
telling,
sensational,
hysterical;
overpowering,
overwhelming;
more than flesh and blood can bear;
yellow.
piquant
etc.
(pungent)
392;
spicy,
appetizing,
provocative,
provoquant†,
tantalizing.
eager to go,
anxious to go,
chafing at the bit.
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Roget 436:
yellow,
aureate,
golden,
flavous†,
citrine,
fallow;
fulvous†,
fulvid†;
sallow,
luteous†,
tawny,
creamy,
sandy;
xanthic†,
xanthous†;
jaundiced†,
auricomous†.
gold-colored,
citron-colored,
saffron-colored,
lemon-colored,
lemon yellow,
sulphur-colored,
amber-colored,
straw-colored,
primrose-colored,
creamcolored;
xanthocarpous†,
xanthochroid†,
xanthopous†.
yellow as a quince,
yellow as a guinea,
yellow as a crow's foot.
warm,
advancing.
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Polish: żółty
2 yellow
3 yellow
Changed to a yellowish color by age:
— Yellowed parchment.
synonym: yellowed.
Polish: pożółkły, wyżółkły, zżółkły
4 yellow
5 yellow
6 yellow
Affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc.
synonyms: icteric, jaundiced.
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yellows
noun
Roget 920:
jealousy,
jealousness;
jaundiced eye;
envious suspicion,
suspicion;
green-eyed monster"
[Othello];
yellows;
Juno.
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