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   Pal·lid

   /ˈpaləd/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person's face) pale, typically because of poor health. Similar palewhitepastypasty-facedwancolorlessanemicbloodlesswashed outpeakypeakishpeakedwhey-facedashenashen-facedashychalkychalk whitegraywhitishwhite-facedwaxenwaxyblancheddrainedpinchedgreenghastlysicklysallowdeathly palecadaverouscorpselikeinformal:like death warmed uppeely-wallyrare:etiolatedlymphaticOpposite flushedrosy
   • ▪ feeble or insipid: "an utterly pallid and charmless character" Similar insipiduninspiredcolorlessuninterestingfeebledullboringtedioustiredunexcitingunimaginativelifelessspiritlesssterileanemicbloodlessblandvapidwishy-washyOpposite vividlively

   Word Origin late 16th century: from Latin pallidus ‘pale’ (related to pallere ‘be pale’).

   Derivatives

   • 1. pallidity noun
   • 2. pallidly adverb
   • 3. pallidness noun

   Scrabble Points: 9

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