pallor
noun/ˈpælə(r)/
/ˈpælər/
[uncountable]- a pale colour of the face, especially because of illness or fear
- Her cheeks had an unhealthy pallor.
- He had a sickly pallor.
- the deathly pallor of her face
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deathly
- sickly
- have
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin, from pallere ‘be pale’.Definitions on the go
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