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   pallid

   /ˈpalɪd/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person's face) pale, typically because of poor health: "his face, with its wrinkled, pallid complexion" Similar palewhitepastypasty-facedwancolourlessanaemicbloodlesswashed outpeakypeakishpeakedwhey-facedashenashen-facedashychalkychalk whitegreywhitishwhite-facedwaxenwaxyblancheddrainedpinchedgreenghastlysicklysallowdeathly palecadaverouscorpse-likeinformal:like death warmed uppeely-wallyrare:etiolatedlymphaticOpposite flushedrosy
   • 2. lacking vigour or intensity; insipid: "a pallid ray of winter sun" Similar insipiduninspiredcolourlessuninterestingfeebledullboringtedioustiredunexcitingunimaginativelifelessspiritlesssterileanaemicbloodlessblandvapidwishy-washyOpposite vividlively

   Word Origin late 16th century: from Latin pallidus ‘pale’ (related to pallere ‘be pale’).

   Derivatives

   • 1. pallidity noun
   • 2. pallidly adverb
   • 3. pallidness noun

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