palish
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of palish
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at pale 1, -ish 1
Example Sentences
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You are palish, you know, and––” here Dick paused in pained embarrassment.
From Not Like Other Girls by Carey, Rosa Nouchette
She is a small creature, palish with rather good bright brown hair—She wears horn rimmed spectacles with yellow glasses in them so I can't see her eyes at all.
From Man and Maid by Glyn, Elinor
These blossoms are a palish purple, but sometimes the potato flowers are white.
From Wildflowers of the Farm by Cooke, Arthur Owens
The first is a small fly, with a palish yellow body, and slender, beautiful wings, which rest on the back as it floats down the water.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 324, July 26, 1828 by Various
It was a bare room, wainscoted round the walls a few inches up, papered beyond in some common palish pattern.
From The Necromancers by Benson, Robert Hugh
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