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sallowfaced

sallowfaced adjective: having a sallow face.

Adjective

sallowfaced (comparative more sallowfaced, superlative most sallowfaced)

  1. Having a sallow face.
    • Sallowfaced and hardworking men with gnarled hands and thin waists.2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 12, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, page 77

Forms of sallowfaced

comparativemore sallowfaced
superlativemost sallowfaced

Origin of sallowfaced

From sallow + faced.

Questions about sallowfaced

What does sallowfaced mean?
Sallowfaced means having a sallow face.
What part of speech is sallowfaced?
Sallowfaced is an adjective.

Words near sallowfaced in the dictionary

  1. sallow sedge
  2. sallow-thorn
  3. sallowed
  4. sallower
  5. sallowest
  6. sallowfaced
  7. sallowing
  8. sallowish
  9. sallowly
  10. sallowness
  11. sallows

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