pallor

[pal-er]

noun

1. unusual or extreme paleness, as from fear, ill health, or death; wanness.

pallor

/ ˈpælə /

noun

1. a pale condition, esp when unnatural

   fear gave his face a deathly pallor

Word History and Origins

Origin of pallor¹

1650–60; < Latin: paleness, equivalent to pall ( ēre ) to be pale + -or -or ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of pallor¹

C17: from Latin: whiteness (of the skin), from pallēre to be _pale ¹

Example Sentences

In fact she had powdered herself into an otherworldly pallor, which she now tried to fix by powdering herself even more.

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Charlie Ledley was even worse: He had the pallor of a mortician and the manner of a man bent on putting off, for as long as possible, definite action.

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What has many rows of teeth, a terrifying set of jaws and a corpse-like pallor?

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I’d like to think that soon after Nov. 5, this deathly pallor will lift, but we all must be prepared for all the ugly efforts after the election to deny the will of the people.

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If you know anything about Burton’s movies, you know that they tend to feature characters who embody all the qualities of a sickly Victorian-era child: waifish, sunken doe-eye and gaunt faces with a deathlike pallor.

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