10 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
noun unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)
originEtymology tree Latin pallidus English pallid Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English pallidness From pallid + -ness.
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