WANNESS

lividness, lividity, luridness, paleness, pallidness, pallor, wanness, achromasia

(noun) unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

wanness (usually uncountable, plural wannesses)

The state of being wan; pallor.

Source: Wiktionary


Wan"ness, n.

Definition: The quality or state of being wan; a sallow, dead, pale color; paleness; pallor; as, the wanness of the cheeks after a fever.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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