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paleness |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Paleness \Pale"ness\, n. The quality or condition of being pale; want of freshness or ruddiness; a sickly whiteness; lack of color or luster; wanness. The blood the virgin's cheek forsook; A livid paleness spreads o'er all her look --Pope. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: paleness n 1: unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) [syn: {lividness}, {lividity}, {luridness}, {pallidness}, {pallor}, {wanness}, {achromasia}] 2: the property of having a naturally light complexion [syn: {blondness}, {fairness}]
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