pallid
adjective
pale; faint or deficient in color; wan.
pallidness
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a word derived from
pallid.
Example Sentences
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Entrance to such a club as this requires a certain pallidness, an achromasia, a terrific effeteness peculiar to the very high-born undead.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2014
Whereas, in the Pacific, all instances of the sort, previously corning under my notice, had been marked by patches of greenish light, unattended with any pallidness of sea.
From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I by Herman Melville
Her complexion may be light or dark, according to fancy; but her interesting pallidness may occasionally be relieved by a hectic flush, yet more interesting.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 331, September 13, 1828 by Various
Wallace turned to Lady Mar with an inquiring look of such wild horror that she found her tongue cleave to the roof of her mouth, and her complexion faded into the pallidness of his.
From The Scottish Chiefs by Jane Porter
Five shillings each to watch the burning blush of shame chasing pallidness from poverty's wan cheek!
From The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines by John O'Rourke
