pallid

[ pal-id ]

/ ˈpæl ɪd /

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adjective

pale; faint or deficient in color; wan: a pallid countenance.

lacking in vitality or interest: a pallid musical performance.

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Origin of pallid

First recorded in 1580–90; from Latin pallidus “sallow,” equivalent to pall(ēre) “to be pale” + -idus adjective suffix (see -id⁴)

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1. See pale¹.

OTHER WORDS FROM pallid

pal·lid·ly, adverbpal·lid·ness, noun

Words nearby pallid

palliasse, palliate, palliation, palliative, palliative care, pallid, pallium, pall-mall, pallor, pally, pally up

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How to use pallid in a sentence

Below it is a beautiful, pallid block that we will just call square chicken with a “tender sausage” description.
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Researchers have also discovered that the pallid bat and grasshopper mouse are immune to scorpion venom and are studying those species to see if they might provide the key to pain relief for humans.
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There was deep brown flesh, and bronze flesh, and pallid white flesh, and flesh turned red from the hot sun.
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Her pallid young face, brow sweating with fear and pain, yet resolute and stiff with sorrow, makes you want to cry.
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The city, the state, the whole land, were ready to rise and tremble before the Pallid Mask.
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Hovering near the unmanned iPod resting on the side bar, stands a short, pallid blond man.
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Taken together, the U.S. group, Joyce Carol Oates, E.L. Doctorow, and Evan S. Connell, feels strangely pallid.
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The baron's pallid face looked more bloodless, his accent was fiercer, and his countenance more ruffianly as he uttered all this.
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For the first, and up to now as I write, the only, time in his life he realized the gorgeous visions of pallid years.
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Pallid, Sir Lucien Pyne lay by the ebony chair glaring horribly upward.
Dope|Sax Rohmer
"Yes," said Maud Barrington, noticing the sudden intentness of his pallid face.
Winston of the Prairie|Harold Bindloss
Barrington did so, and Winston stood so that no light fell on the pallid face in the grass.
Winston of the Prairie|Harold Bindloss

British Dictionary definitions for pallid

pallid

/ (ˈpælɪd) /

adjective

lacking colour or brightness; wana pallid complexion

lacking vigour; vapida pallid performance

Derived forms of pallid

pallidly, adverbpallidness or pallidity, noun

Word Origin for pallid

C17: from Latin pallidus, from pallēre to be pale 1

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