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high yellow

Meaning of "high yellow" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF HIGH YELLOW

haɪ ˈjeləʊ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HIGH YELLOW

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
High yellow is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HIGH YELLOW MEAN IN ENGLISH?

High yellow

High yellow, occasionally simply yellow, is a term for persons classified as black who also have a high proportion of white ancestry. It is a reference to the golden yellow skin tone of some mixed-race people. The term was in common use in the United States at the end of the 19th century and the early decades of the 20th century. It is often considered offensive. It is reflected in such popular songs of the era as "The Yellow Rose of Texas".

Definition of high yellow in the English dictionary

The definition of high yellow in the dictionary is a light-skinned person with one black and one white parent.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HIGH YELLOW

below · blow · fellow · flow · follow · hallo · hello · hollow · lo · low · Oslo · overflow · playfellow · polo · portobello · slow · solo · unfollow · unmellow · yellow

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HIGH YELLOW

high stakes · High Street · high summer · high table · High Tatra · high tea · high tech · high technology · high tension · high tide · high time · high tops · high treason · high up · high voltage · high water · high wire · high wire artist · High Wycombe · high-ability

WORDS THAT END LIKE HIGH YELLOW

allow · bedfellow · bellow · cadmium yellow · canary yellow · chrome yellow · clouded yellow · daffodil yellow · golden yellow · goodfellow · lemon yellow · Longfellow · mellow · Naples yellow · Oddfellow · primrose yellow · rebellow · research fellow · Robin Goodfellow · saffron yellow · teaching fellow

Synonyms and antonyms of high yellow in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «high yellow» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HIGH YELLOW

Find out the translation of high yellow to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of high yellow from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «high yellow» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

黄高
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

amarillo alta
570 millions of speakers
en

English

high yellow
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

पीले उच्च
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عالية الأصفر
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

высокий желтый
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

amarelo alta
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

উচ্চ হলুদ
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

haut jaune
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Kuning yang tinggi
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

hoch gelb
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

黄高
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

노란색 높은
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Kuning dhuwur
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cao vàng
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

அதிக மஞ்சள்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

उच्च पिवळा
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Yüksek sarı
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

giallo alto
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

wysoki żółty
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

високий жовтий
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

galben mare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υψηλή κίτρινο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hoë geel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hög gul
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

høy gul
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HIGH YELLOW»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about high yellow

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HIGH YELLOW»

Discover the use of high yellow in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to high yellow and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Paul Gauguin's High Yellow Note: The "Volpini Suite".
I begin the dissertation with an examination of the lithographic the print portfolio in late nineteenth-century Paris, and focus on Gauguin's decision to embark upon the project of printmaking, which was prompted by Theo van Gogh.
Heather Lemonedes, 2006
2
High Yellow ... But A Black Woman Forever More!: A Poetic ...
High YellowBut A Black Woman Forever More!is a poignant and heartfelt account of one African-American womans spiritual journey in America as she both searched for and found that infamous and illusive place biblically referred to as Heaven ...
Deborah Cofer, 2006
3
High Yellow ...: A Poetic Anthology of A Spiritual Journey
All I can say is thank God for God, His goodness, grace and mercy.""-From the Introduction to ""High Yellow."But A Black Woman Forever More!
Deborah Cofer, 2006
4
Leopard and Fat-Tailed Geckos
Normal $15-$60 High yellow $30-$75 Tangerine $125-$600 Lavender $30-$75 Leucistic$60-$100 Heterozygous for albino (various morphs) $1,500-$2,000 • Albino (various morphs) $3,000-55,000 Normal This is the color and the pattern of ...
Richard D. Bartlett, Patricia Bartlett, 1999
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Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage
high-yeHow ['hai-yElA] n, adj (Baha, Bdos) [AF/IF] || HIGH-COLOUR (CarA) At the bottom of the pile were coloured people with a lot of ridiculous shading! based on degree of colour ... such as the near white, the hard red, the high yellow, the ...
Richard Allsopp, Jeannette Allsopp, 2003
6
Lacey's Way
Twisting, Matt wrenched sideways, jerking the knife from High Yellow Cloud's hand. With a grunt, Matt yanked the blade from his arm and whirled around to face High Yellow Cloud. Now he was smiling. "Come on, Injun," he taunted. "Feel my ...
Madeline Baker, 2013
7
Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White
... with false precision the admixture of heredity, from "mulatto" to "quadroon" to " octoroon," were slang terms that could be decidedly uncomplimentary, such as " Sambo," which originally meant three-quarters black, and "high yellow" or "yella.
Frank H. Wu, 2003
8
Suburban Life, the Countryside Magazine
Gray Early Medium high Yellow birch . . Clear yellow Early High '_ ,1 ii _Yellow- wood . . Golden yellow Medium Small 'L -* " Foliage shade-giving quality is important in s MAGAZINE Q-<0 - -1-1», ' I 9 _'. ' ___4_ ' h I", The red cedar is one of the ...
‎1916
9
Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden
Fructifications 4—74 cm. high, yellow to orange; spores subglobose, spiny, 5-6 ft in diameter 87. C. inaequa'is 36. About 14 cm. high, citron-yellow; spores even, 44— 5X3 88. C. citriceps 36. About 24 cm. high, pale golden yellow, somewhat ...
‎1922
10
Annals of Horticulture
(holly-leaved Berberry); 3 feet high; yellow bloom, April and May. Ilex Aquifolium, many varieties (Holly) ; 10 to 20 ft. high; white bloom; May. Cerusus lusitanira ( Portugal laurel); 10 to 20 ft. high; white bloom; June. Cerasus Lauro-cerams ...
‎1849

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HIGH YELLOW»

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1
Mother, May I ...
I'm light-skinned, with good hair, what we call high yellow, and so is Lula Ann's father. Ain't nobody in my family anywhere near that color. «Pulse, Jul 15»
2
I am the ref: Kerry penalty cruel on Collins
There were also a couple of neck-high yellow cards by Johnny Buckley and Kieran Donaghy, which has been the norm this past while, but you ... «Irish Examiner, Jul 15»
3
What did Mary Seacole ever do for us as black people?
To them it makes no difference that she used the 'n' word to describe black people who were not, unlike her, a 'high yellow' in colour. To them ... «The Voice Online, Jul 15»
4
Child's play: Morrison's lates mines familiar themes around race, family
... effect -- the "midnight black, Sudanese black" of the daughter, the "high yellow" of her parents -- on herself and generations of Americans. «Winnipeg Free Press, Jul 15»
5
More than a church, 'for the service of all'
Ahead, in an open field, sat a compound of 13 one-story structures surrounded by a high yellow wall. Malasi honked his horn, and a security ... «Philly.com, Jun 15»
6
Ghetto University: Lessons in Survival
High yellow. Sensitive. My dad was Muslim and my mother practiced a religion you couldn't pronounce. Didn't you know this was a Christian ... «Gawker, Jun 15»
7
Aquarius Recap and Spoilers - "A Whiter Shade of Pale": Season 1 …
He has to stay and put up with the mother in law who refers to their mixed race child as “high yellow.” Then someone throws a brick through ... «Celebrity Dirty Laundry, Jun 15»
8
The Shots That Won Jordan Spieth the Open
Pointing to the high yellow fescue rough surrounding the green, he said, “Here we are at the summer solstice, and this is summer gold.”. «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
9
Season Stepp: Easy steps to flambe your Peaches Jubilee
The fire should be brief yet intense, often only creating a low blue flame rather than a high yellow/orange flame. The flavors left behind will vary ... «Shawnee News Star, Jun 15»
10
Roc of Ages: Dame Dash's Second Chance at a Second Act
“[But] it's the black people that are high yellow— because they cut with other cultures— who were gangsters years before; as soon as they got ... «Noisey, Jun 15»
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