pallescent

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adjective

Growing or becoming pale.

OriginLatin pallēscere →
First used 17th c.Scrabble 14
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Meanings

adjectivepallescent (comparative more pallescent, superlative most pallescent)

comparative more pallescent · superlative most pallescent

  1. biologyGrowing or becoming pale.First known use 17th c.

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

    1818, Thomas Love Peacock, chapter 9, in Nightmare Abbey, Hookham, published 1818

Origin

  1. Latinpallēscere“to become pale”
  2. Englishpallescent

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with pallescent

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APA

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MLA

“pallescent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pallescent. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pallescent,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pallescent.

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