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pallescent, a. rare.|pəˈlɛsənt|
[ad. L. pallēscent-em, pr. pple. of pallēscĕre to become pale.]
Growing or becoming pale. So paˈllescence, a blanching or paling.
1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 345 It beares Apples like the masculine, but lesser and luteously pallescent. 1817T. L. Peacock Nightmare Abbey ix, The spirit of black melancholy began to set his seal on her pallescent countenance. 1822― Maid Marian ii, An awful thought, which caused a momentary pallescence in his rosy complexion. |