pallor
/ˈpælɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.16 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "pallor of the complexion"
- "‘Sir,’ said the butler, turning to a sort of mottled pallor, ‘that thing was not my master, and there’s the truth. My master’—here he looked round him and began to whisper—‘is a tall fine build of a man, and this was more of a dwarf.’"
- "For the rest, his ears were pale, and at the tops extremely pointed; the chin was broad and strong, and the cheeks firm though thin. The general effect was one of extraordinary pallor."
- "Over those seamed cheeks there was a certain pallor, a grayness caught from many a vigil"
- "Catch-22 is defined by the sickly pallor of its visual palette (a jaundiced tint that at least goes with Yossarian’s point of view and phony liver pains) and the way it makes the slog of its characters’ deployment a little too literal."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpælɚ/
- British English: /ˈpælə/