pallor

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From Latin pallor (paleness, pallor), from palleō (I am or look pale, blanch).

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Singular
pallor

Plural
pallors

pallor (plural pallors)

  1. Paleness; want of color; pallidity.
    pallor of the complexion

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From palleō (I am or look pale, blanch), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (gray).

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pallor (genitive pallōris); m, third declension

  1. a pale color, paleness, wanness, pallor
  2. (by extension) mustiness, moldiness, mildew
  3. (by extension) dimness, faintness
  4. (by extension) a disagreeable color or shape, unsightliness
  5. (figuratively) alarm, terror

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Number Singular Plural
nominative pallor pallōrēs
genitive pallōris pallōrum
dative pallōrī pallōribus
accusative pallōrem pallōrēs
ablative pallōre pallōribus
vocative pallor pallōrēs

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  • pallor” in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary (Oxford: Clarendon Press)