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palish

[ pey-lish ]

adjective

  1. somewhat pale.


palish

/ ˈpeɪlɪʃ /

adjective

  1. rather pale
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of palish1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; pale 1, -ish 1
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Example Sentences

The skin is yellow, the fruit of a palish red, and rather mealy.

It was a bare room, wainscoted round the walls a few inches up, papered beyond in some common palish pattern.

The blood of life is in your veins; you haven't got the sickly, palish look that the girls have who stay indoors half the time.

"Not if Mr. Severne has something more attractive," said she, turning palish and pinkish by turns.

He was parchment-like and palish from sitting night after night and night after night over a sounder.

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