pallor

[ pal-er ]

/ ˈpæl ər /

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noun

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

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Origin of pallor

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

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH pallor

pale, pall, pallor

Words nearby pallor

palliative, palliative care, pallid, pallium, pall-mall, pallor, pally, pally up, palm, Palma, palmaceous

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How to use pallor in a sentence

Though beautifully made and acted, The Souvenir had the sad, chilly pallor of a centuries-old miniature portrait, a bit of the past you could hold in your hand and yet never fully grasp.
The Souvenir Part II Captures the Ragged Beauty of the 1980s Like No Other Film|Stephanie Zacharek|October 29, 2021|Time
He was it must be said looking a little dishevelled, but as we all know an Afghan tan does wonders for that morning-after pallor.
He's BAAAACK! Prince Harry Parties To 10AM!|Tom Sykes|January 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The degree of pallor furnishes a rough index to the amount of hemoglobin in the corpuscle.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
He stepped hastily back, his cheeks, before so fresh and ruddy, were now blanched with a deadly pallor.
The World Before Them|Susanna Moodie

"Stiff and cold," said Dorothy, her teeth chattering in her head, and a deeper pallor settling on her face.
The World Before Them|Susanna Moodie
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

a pale condition, esp when unnaturalfear gave his face a deathly pallor

Word Origin for pallor

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

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