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pallor

[ pal-er ]

noun

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


pallor

/ ˈ±èæ±ôÉ™ /

noun

  1. a pale condition, esp when unnatural

    fear gave his face a deathly pallor

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pallor1

1650–60; < Latin: paleness, equivalent to pall ( ŧ°ù±ð ) to be pale + -or -or 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pallor1

C17: from Latin: whiteness (of the skin), from pallŧ°ù±ð to be pale 1
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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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Such is the pallor of grisly discoveries in Northern Ireland.

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“Remedio had the opportunity to watch and see, would the pallor disappear? Could the course reverse?â€

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