Yellow, having the colour of gold or of withered leaves: “y. autumn,” Sonn. 104, 5. “sands,” Tp. I, 2, 376. Mids. II, 1, 126. “hair,” Gent. IV, 4, 194. “beard,” Wiv. I, 4, 23. “cuckoo-buds,” LLL V, 2, 906. “gold,” Mids. III, 2, 393. Tim. IV, 3, 26. Tim. IV, 3, 26 “these y. cowslip cheeks,” Mids. V, 339 (Thisbe's speech). “stockings,” Tw. II, 5, 166. Tw. II, 5, 166 Tw. II, 5, 166 Tw. II, 5, 166 III, 4, 28. III, 4, 28 V, 346. “cheek,” H4B I, 2, 204 (sign of old age). “y. chapless skulls,” Rom. IV, 1, 83. “this y. Iachimo,” Cymb. II, 5, 14. The colour of grief: “with a green and y. melancholy,” Tw. II, 4, 116. Of age and decay: “fallen into the sear, the y. leaf,” Mcb. V, 3, 23; cf. Sonn. 73, 2.
Substantively: “your perfect y.” Mids. I, 2, 98. “'mongst all colours no y. in it,” Wint. II, 3, 107 (as the colour of jealousy). “a long motley coat guarded with y.” Wint. II, 3, 107. “the --s, blues, the purple violets,” Per. IV, 1, 15 (yellow flowers).
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
This text was converted to electronic form by professional data entry and has been proofread to a high level of accuracy.
hide
Dictionary Entry Lookup
Use this tool to search for dictionary entries in all lexica.
