YELLOW
—adjective. 1 of the colour of buttercups, lemons, egg-yolks, etc. 2 having a yellow skin or complexion. 3 colloq. Cowardly. —none. 1 yellow colour or pigment. 2 yellow clothes or material. —verb. Turn yellow. ? yellowish adjective. Yellowness none. Yellowy adjective. [old english: related to *gold]