pallor

[ pal-er ]

noun

1. unusual or extreme paleness, as from fear, ill health, or death; wanness.

pallor

/ ˈpælə /

noun

1. a pale condition, esp when unnatural

   fear gave his face a deathly pallor

Word History and Origins

Origin of pallor¹

1650–60; < Latin: paleness, equivalent to pall ( ēre ) to be pale + -or -or ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of pallor¹

C17: from Latin: whiteness (of the skin), from pallēre to be pale ¹

Example Sentences

What has many rows of teeth, a terrifying set of jaws and a corpse-like pallor?

From Los Angeles Times

I’d like to think that soon after Nov. 5, this deathly pallor will lift, but we all must be prepared for all the ugly efforts after the election to deny the will of the people.

From Salon

If you know anything about Burton’s movies, you know that they tend to feature characters who embody all the qualities of a sickly Victorian-era child: waifish, sunken doe-eye and gaunt faces with a deathlike pallor.

From Salon

Such is the pallor of grisly discoveries in Northern Ireland.

From New York Times

“Remedio had the opportunity to watch and see, would the pallor disappear? Could the course reverse?”

From Los Angeles Times