pallor

[ pal-er ]
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noun
  1. unusual or extreme paleness, as from fear, ill health, or death; wanness.

Origin of pallor

1
1650–60; <Latin: paleness, equivalent to pall(ēre) to be pale + -or-or1

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How to use pallor in a sentence

  • Upon her cheeks had spread a deadly pallor, while in the centre of each showed a scarlet spot.

    The Doctor of Pimlico | William Le Queux
  • The whole face is of a warm pallor, under which the rose tints of beautiful rich blood appear.

    Charles Baudelaire, His Life | Thophile Gautier

British Dictionary definitions for pallor

pallor

/ (ˈpælə) /


noun
  1. a pale condition, esp when unnatural: fear gave his face a deathly pallor

Origin of pallor

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

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