Meaning

adjective very light colored; highly diluted with white

adjective (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble

adjective lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness

originEtymology tree Latin pallidus Old French palebor. Middle English pale English pale Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *-tHós Proto-Indo-European *-istHos Proto-Germanic *-istaz Proto-West Germanic *-ist Old English -est Middle English -est English -est English palest From pale + -est.

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