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
His co-voyageur was without curiosity; the former pallidness and silentness resumed their dominion over him, and the lesser gentleman settled moodily back to his newspaper.
From Bohemian Days Three American Tales by George Alfred Townsend
I had not observed any particular appearance of health in the females of the country through which I had passed; on the contrary, I had been disappointed in their general pallidness and look of debility.
From Letters of a Traveller Notes of Things Seen in Europe and America by William Cullen Bryant
Achromatism -- N. achromatism†; decoloration†, discoloration; pallor, pallidness, pallidity†; paleness &c. adj.; etiolation; neutral tint, monochrome, black and white.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget
