the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Deficient in color; pale; wan
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Pale; wan; deficient in color: as, a pallid countenance.
In botany, of a pale, indefinite color.
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adj. abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress
adj. lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness
adj. (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble
Word Usage
"When it becomes "civilized" it becomes anæmic, and crawls feebly in pallid mauves and greens, with long spindle stalks that lack vitality to throw out more than one or two atrophied leaves."