Pallescent

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Growing or becoming pale.

    "[T]he spirit of black melancholy, began to set his seal on her pallescent countenance."

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"[T]he spirit of black melancholy, began to set his seal on her pallescent countenance."

Etymology

From (the present participle stem of) Latin pallēscere (“to become pale”).

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