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yolky

yolky

4.0
Having the deep yellow color of the inside of an egg
  • adjective
  • /ˈjoʊlki/
translation icon : yemoso
  • The artist painted a vibrant landscape filled with yolky hues of yellow and orange.

Examples

  • The production of a few large, yolky eggs in each polyp is common in deep-sea.

    Academic text (2004)
  • A man betrayed by his own anguish, a man caught in the yolky womanness of his insides.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • She decorated the cake with a yolky icing that reminded everyone of sunshine.

  • The walls of the kitchen were painted in a warm, yolky shade that made the space feel inviting.

Synonyms

yellow
vsyolky
819 1.0

Having the color between green and orange like a lemon

refers to that egg interior colour or to resembling or containing an egg centre
yolked
vsyolky
  • Specialized
6.1

Containing a yolk, the yellow part of an egg that feeds the young

focuses on resembling or having the egg interior colour rather than literal internal structures

How Yellow

golden
118 1.0
yolky
4.0
yellowish
11 1.1
pale yellow
4 1.0
off-white
1 3.0

Surface Forms

yolky positive

Morphology

yolky = yolk (transparent) = yolk + y

The adjective is directly formed from the noun 'yolk' with the common suffix '-y', meaning 'having the quality of' or 'resembling' yolk.

Etymology

The word yolky comes from yolk, the 'yellow part of an egg'. So yolky describes something that contains yolk or looks like that rich, yellow color.