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pallid

[ pal-id ]

adjective

  1. pale; faint or deficient in color; wan:

    a pallid countenance.

  2. lacking in vitality or interest:

    a pallid musical performance.



pallid

/ ˈ±èæ±ôɪ»å /

adjective

  1. lacking colour or brightness; wan

    a pallid complexion

  2. lacking vigour; vapid

    a pallid performance

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Derived Forms

  • ˈ±è²¹±ô±ô¾±»å²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
  • ˈ±è²¹±ô±ô¾±»å±ô²â, adverb
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±è²¹±ôl¾±»å·±ô²â adverb
  • ±è²¹±ôl¾±»å·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pallid1

First recorded in 1580–90; from Latin pallidus “sallow,†equivalent to ±è²¹±ô±ô(ŧ°ù±ð) “to be pale†+ -idus adjective suffix ( -id 4 )
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pallid1

C17: from Latin pallidus, from ±è²¹±ô±ôŧ°ù±ð to be pale 1
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Synonym Study

See pale 1.
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Example Sentences

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He looked frail and pallid — a shadow of the man Tawana knew.

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It is all too easy to trace the skull beneath the Gazan boy’s face, the pallid skin stretching tight over every curve of bone and sagging with every hollow.

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It is a nova, a nuclear explosion bursting forth from the pallid corpse of a long-dead star.

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“Oppenheimer†is a tale of what we hath wrought, filtered through the experience of a man whose pallid complexion and tormented insularity make him look like an envoy from the Grim Reaper himself.

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“The pallid bat is as diverse as Californians — pallid bats live in California’s deserts, oak woodlands, coastal redwood forests, and high up into the pine forests of the Sierra Nevada mountains,†the bill says.

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