pallid : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pallid	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for pallid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pallid adj abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress; "the pallid face of the invalid"; "her wan face suddenly flushed" Synonym(s): pale, pallid, wan (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble; "the pale light of a half moon"; "a pale sun"; "the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street"; "a pallid sky"; "the pale (or wan) stars"; "the wan light of dawn" Synonym(s): pale, pallid, wan, sick lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness; "a pale rendition of the aria"; "pale prose with the faint sweetness of lavender"; "a pallid performance" Synonym(s): pale, pallid
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pallid \Pal"lid\, a. [L. pallidus, fr. pallere to be or look pale. See {pale}, a.] Deficient in color; pale; wan; as, a pallid countenance; pallid blue. --Spenser.