Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pallid"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pallid \Pal"lid\, a. [L. pallidus, fr. pallere to be or look
pale. See {pale}, a.]
Deficient in color; pale; wan; as, a pallid countenance;
pallid blue. --Spenser.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pallid
adj 1: abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or
emotional distress; "the pallid face of the invalid";
"her wan face suddenly flushed" [syn: {pale}, {wan}]
2: (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or
feeble; "the pale light of a half moon"; "a pale sun";
"the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks
fell in pale oblongs on the street"; "a pallid sky"; "the
pale (or wan) stars"; "the wan light of dawn" [syn: {pale},
{wan}]
3: lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness; "a pale
rendition of the aria"; "pale prose with the faint
sweetness of lavender"; "a pallid performance" [syn: {pale}]
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