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Webster 1913 Edition

Pallid

Pal′lid

,

Adj.

[L.

pallidus

, fr.

pallere

to be or look pale. See

,

Adj.

]

Deficient in color; pale; wan;

as, a

pallid

countenance;

pallid

blue.

Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pallid

PAL'LID

,

Adj.

[L. pallidus, from palleo, to become pale. See Pale.]

Pale; wan; deficient in color; not high colored; as a pallid countenance; pallid blue.

Definition 2025

pallid

pallid

See also: pàl·lid

English

Adjective

pallid ‎(comparative pallider, superlative pallidest)

Appearing weak, pale, or wan.
The patient left the hospital but was very pallid.

Synonyms

ashen, pale, pasty, ghastly; see also Wikisaurus:pallid

Derived terms

Derived terms

pallid bat
pallid cuckoo
pallid harrier
pallidity

pallidly
pallidness
pallid sturgeon

Related terms

pale
pallor

Translations

appearing weak, pale, or wan

Arabic:
Moroccan Arabic: بْلق m ‎(bləq)
Catalan: pàl·lid (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 蒼白 (zh), 苍白 (zh) ‎(cāngbái)
Danish: bleg (da)
Dutch: bleek (nl)
Finnish: kalpea (fi)
French: pâle (fr), blafard (fr)

German: fahl (de)
Greek: πελιδνός (el) m ‎(pelidnós), κατάχλωμος m ‎(katáchlomos)
Hungarian: halovány (hu)
Ido: pala (io)
Maori: kōmā
Portuguese: pálido (pt)
Russian: бле́дный (ru) ‎(blédnyj), сла́бый (ru) ‎(slábyj)
Spanish: pálido (es)
Swedish: blek (sv)
Walloon: bladje (wa) m, f, bladjot (wa) m, sblari (wa) m