pallor

== English == === Alternative forms === pallour (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English pallour, from Old French palor (“paleness, pallor”), from Latin pallor, from palleō (“to look pale, blanch”). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpælɚ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpælə/ Rhymes: -ælə(ɹ) === Noun === pallor (countable and uncountable, plural pallors) Unnatural paleness, especially as a sign of sickness or distress. Synonyms: pallidity, wanness ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === pallor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “pallor, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2005. “pallor”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “pallor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Latin == === Etymology === From palleō (“to be or look pale, blanch”) +‎ -or, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“gray”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpal.lɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpal.lor] === Noun === pallor m (genitive pallōris); third declension a pale color, paleness, wanness, pallor (by extension) mustiness, moldiness, mildew (by extension) dimness, faintness (by extension) a disagreeable color or shape, unsightliness (figuratively) alarm, terror ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Synonyms ==== (mildew): rōbīgō (paleness): aurūgō ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: pallor French: pâleur Galician: balor Italian: pallore Occitan: pallor Portuguese: bolor, palor Spanish: palor === References === “pallor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “pallor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "pallor", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “pallor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “pallor”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “pallor”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray