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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress;
- Example: "the pallid face of the invalid"
- Example: "her wan face suddenly flushed"
[syn: pale, pallid, wan]

2. (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble;
- Example: "the pale light of a half moon"
- Example: "a pale sun"
- Example: "the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street"
- Example: "a pallid sky"
- Example: "the pale (or wan) stars"
- Example: "the wan light of dawn"
[syn: pale, pallid, wan, sick]

3. lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness;
- Example: "a pale rendition of the aria"
- Example: "pale prose with the faint sweetness of lavender"
- Example: "a pallid performance"
[syn: pale, pallid]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pallid \Pal"lid\, a. [L. pallidus, fr. pallere to be or look
   pale. See pale, a.]
   Deficient in color; pale; wan; as, a pallid countenance;
   pallid blue. --Spenser.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pallid
    adj 1: abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or
           emotional distress; "the pallid face of the invalid";
           "her wan face suddenly flushed" [syn: pale, pallid,
           wan]
    2: (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble;
       "the pale light of a half moon"; "a pale sun"; "the late
       afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale
       oblongs on the street"; "a pallid sky"; "the pale (or wan)
       stars"; "the wan light of dawn" [syn: pale, pallid,
       wan, sick]
    3: lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness; "a pale
       rendition of the aria"; "pale prose with the faint sweetness
       of lavender"; "a pallid performance" [syn: pale, pallid]