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Definition of Pallid

1. Adjective. Abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress. "Her wan face suddenly flushed"

2. Adjective. (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble. "The wan light of dawn"

3. Adjective. Lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness. "A pallid performance"

Definition of Pallid

1. a. Deficient in color; pale; wan; as, a pallid countenance; pallid blue.

Definition of Pallid

1. Adjective. Appearing weak, pale(,) or wan. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pallid

1. pale [adj] : PALLIDLY [adv] - See also: pale

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pallid

palliated palliates palliating palliation palliations palliative palliative care palliative care physician palliative therapy palliative treatment

palliatively palliatives palliator palliators palliatory pallid (current term) pallid bat pallidal pallidal syndrome pallidectomies

pallidectomy pallider pallidest pallidities pallidity pallidly pallidness pallidnesses pallidoamygdalotomy pallidoansotomy

Literary usage of Pallid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Color Standards and Color Nomenclature by Robert Ridgway (1912)
"pallid Methyl Blue pallid Mouse Gray pallid Neutral Gray pallid Purple-Drab pallid Purplish Gray pallid Quaker Drab pallid Soft Blue-Violet pallid ..."

2. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"What sheeted phantom wanders wild Where mountain Eske through woodland flows, Her arms enfold a shadowy child — О ! is it she, the pallid rose ? ..."

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