Hypertext Webster Gateway: "paleness"
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) 1.7 (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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