chalk-white

English

Alternative forms

• chalkwhite

Etymology

chalk +‎ white

Adjective

chalk-white (comparative more chalk-white, superlative most chalk-white)

1. Chalky white.
   • 1998, Eve 6 (lyrics and music), “Inside Out”, in Eve 6:

     I burn, burn like a wicker cabinet / chalk-white and oh so frail / I see our time has gotten stale

   • 2015, Arne Dahl, Europa Blues, →ISBN:

     Six utterly chalk-white people were cramped together beneath the parasol, sharing the little circle of shadow it was casting down onto the moderately sundrenched beach.