wanness

English

Etymology

wan +‎ -ness

Noun

wanness (usually uncountable, plural wannesses)

1. The state of being wan; pallor.
   • 1919, Stephen Graham, A Private in the Guards, page 139:

     […] the faint contours of grey clouds and the wannesses and darknesses of a rainy heaven, reflecting also on the faces of the men. All of us look a little strained, a little tired.