palesome

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From pale +‎ -some.

Adjective[edit]

palesome (comparative more palesome, superlative most palesome)

  1. Characterised or marked by paleness
    • 2009, David Mace, The Eternal Watchtower Book:
      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.
    • 2012, Natalie Belousov, Collection: Words by the Heart:
      To see the crimson on her palesome face [...]

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