Palesome

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Characterised or marked by paleness

    "Indeed then, there was little sleep there, that night. The next morning broke as a palesome, and rain-scudding greyness, with the sombre clouds riding low in the sky."

Example

More examples

"Indeed then, there was little sleep there, that night. The next morning broke as a palesome, and rain-scudding greyness, with the sombre clouds riding low in the sky."

Etymology

From pale + -some.

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