Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Growing or becoming pale; inclining to paleness or pallor; somewhat pallid or pale; wan.
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- adjective Growing or becoming
pale .
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Examples
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The Genius Loci, the _tutela_ of Nightmare Abbey, the spirit of black melancholy, began to set his seal on her pallescent countenance.
Nightmare Abbey Thomas Love Peacock 1825
yarb commented on the word pallescent
The Genius Loci, the tutela of Nightmare Abbey, the spirit of black melancholy, began to set his seal on her pallescent countenance.
- Thomas Love Peacock, Nightmare Abbey, ch. 9
September 3, 2008