Definitions
unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)
Word origin
From Middle English pallour, from Old French palor (“paleness, pallor”), from Latin pallor, from palleō (“to look pale, blanch”).
Used in a sentence
“pallor of the complexion”
“For the rest, his ears were pale, and at the tops extremely pointed; the chin was broad and strong, and the cheeks firm though thin. The general effect was one of extraordinary pallor.”
“Over those seamed cheeks there was a certain pallor, a grayness caught from many a vigil”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Unhealthy paleness”6 letters
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