pallidnessn.

1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 328 Let no man then be discouraged with the pallidness of Piety.

1766 S. R. Scott Hist. Sir George Ellison II. iii. ix. 100 My worst complaints left me; and at the conclusion of the season, my pallidness began to give place to youthful bloom.

1794 T. Holcroft Adventures Hugh Trevor I. ix. 109 The pallidness of his countenance expressed very strongly the danger of perishing in which he had felt himself.

1826 W. Scott Woodstock II. iv. 88 The stern repose of the eye, and deathlike pallidness of the countenance.

1852 W. Hughes Austral. Colonies 112 The colonial-born portion of the Australian population..are distinguished by the same general spareness of form, and pallidness of complexion, which characterises the people of the United States.

1932 A. Wrynne in O. Wells Anthol. Younger Poets 10 Her silent dress Nor eyes, her tranquil hair nor pallidness Could hide the gaunt typhoon of her desires.

2002 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 2 Dec. 3 She's [sc. Compo] light-years away from the stiff, phony pallidness of the New Yorker school of short-story writing.