Definitions
turn pale, as if in fear
Word origin
From Middle English blaunchen, from Old French blanchir, from Old French blanc (“white”), from Early Medieval Latin blancus, from Frankish *blank, from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“bright, shining, blinding, white”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (“to shine”).
Used in a sentence
“His cheek blanched with fear.”
“The rose blanches in the sun.”
“Nurse Cramer's face blanched and she turned to Dunbar desperately for aid.”
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