pale-facedadj.

Brit.

/ˌpeɪlˈfeɪst/, U.S.

/ˈpeɪlˌfeɪst/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pale adj., faced adj.¹

Etymology: < pale adj. + faced adj.¹

Having a pale face; pale in complexion or aspect.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > paleness > [adjective]

blatec1000

whiteOE

greena1275

blakec1275

bleykea1300

wana1300

palec1330

bleach1340

pale and wan (wan and pale)c1374

colourlessc1380

deadlyc1385

deadc1386

bloodlessc1450

earthlyc1460

ruddylessc1460

wan visaged?a1513

wanny1555

as pale or white as a clout1557

bleak1566

mealy1566

pale-faced1570

ghastly1574

white-faced1577

bleakish1581

pallid1590

whiggish1590

tallow-faced1592

maid-pale1597

lily1600

whey-colour1602

lew1611

roseless1611

Hippocratical1615

cadaverousa1661

Hippocratic1681

smock-faced1684

white-looked1690

livid1728

as white (or pale) as a sheet1752

squalid1753

deathly1791

etiolated1791

light-skinned1802

suety1803

shilpit1813

blanched1828

tallowy1830

suet-faced1834

pasty1836

tallowish1838

whey-faced1847

pasty-faced1848

aghast1850

waxen1853

complexionless1863

light-skin1877

lily-cheeked1877

lardy1879

wan-faced1881

exsanguinous1889

wheatish1950

1570 J. Drout Pityfull Hist. Two Louing Italians sig. Dj O palefaced, hellish, lumpish sow, O grisly ghost, I say.

1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Diiij^v Affection faints not like a pale-fac'd coward.

1635 F. Quarles Emblemes ii. ii. 69 The pale-faced Lady of the black-eyed night.

1656 R. Fletcher Poems in Ex Otio Negotium 194 The pale-faced pensioners of our enemie.

a1700 J. Dryden Wks. (1885) XII. xi. 27 And now the pale-faced empress of the night Nine times had filled her orb with borrowed light.

1758 O. Goldsmith tr. J. Marteilhe Mem. Protestant I. 157 He was humped-back'd, pale-faced [etc.].

1798 C. Stearns Woman of Honor 13 A general is ill personated by a palefaced boy.

1841 G. Catlin Lett. N. Amer. Indians II. lviii. 229 The Indian's inferiority..to their pale-faced neighbours.

1893 Scribner's Mag. June 743/1 The vast wealth of pale-faced lotos and shrinking water-lilies.

1902 Atlantic Monthly Dec. 803/2 The pale-faced missionary and the hoodooed aborigine are both God's creatures.

2002 Outside Oct. 204/3 The rani, pale-faced and fine-boned, elegant in her gray bukkhoo.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pale-faced
释义	pale-facedadj. Brit. /ˌpeɪlˈfeɪst/, U.S. /ˈpeɪlˌfeɪst/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pale adj., faced adj.¹ Etymology: < pale adj. + faced adj.¹ Having a pale face; pale in complexion or aspect. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > paleness > [adjective] blatec1000 whiteOE greena1275 blakec1275 bleykea1300 wana1300 palec1330 bleach1340 pale and wan (wan and pale)c1374 colourlessc1380 deadlyc1385 deadc1386 bloodlessc1450 earthlyc1460 ruddylessc1460 wan visaged?a1513 wanny1555 as pale or white as a clout1557 bleak1566 mealy1566 pale-faced1570 ghastly1574 white-faced1577 bleakish1581 pallid1590 whiggish1590 tallow-faced1592 maid-pale1597 lily1600 whey-colour1602 lew1611 roseless1611 Hippocratical1615 cadaverousa1661 Hippocratic1681 smock-faced1684 white-looked1690 livid1728 as white (or pale) as a sheet1752 squalid1753 deathly1791 etiolated1791 light-skinned1802 suety1803 shilpit1813 blanched1828 tallowy1830 suet-faced1834 pasty1836 tallowish1838 whey-faced1847 pasty-faced1848 aghast1850 waxen1853 complexionless1863 light-skin1877 lily-cheeked1877 lardy1879 wan-faced1881 exsanguinous1889 wheatish1950 1570 J. Drout Pityfull Hist. Two Louing Italians sig. Dj O palefaced, hellish, lumpish sow, O grisly ghost, I say. 1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Diiij^v Affection faints not like a pale-fac'd coward. View more context for this quotation 1635 F. Quarles Emblemes ii. ii. 69 The pale-faced Lady of the black-eyed night. 1656 R. Fletcher Poems in Ex Otio Negotium 194 The pale-faced pensioners of our enemie. a1700 J. Dryden Wks. (1885) XII. xi. 27 And now the pale-faced empress of the night Nine times had filled her orb with borrowed light. 1758 O. Goldsmith tr. J. Marteilhe Mem. Protestant I. 157 He was humped-back'd, pale-faced [etc.]. 1798 C. Stearns Woman of Honor 13 A general is ill personated by a palefaced boy. 1841 G. Catlin Lett. N. Amer. Indians II. lviii. 229 The Indian's inferiority..to their pale-faced neighbours. 1893 Scribner's Mag. June 743/1 The vast wealth of pale-faced lotos and shrinking water-lilies. 1902 Atlantic Monthly Dec. 803/2 The pale-faced missionary and the hoodooed aborigine are both God's creatures. 2002 Outside Oct. 204/3 The rani, pale-faced and fine-boned, elegant in her gray bukkhoo. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1570
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