pallid

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈpælɪd/ UK /ˈpælɪd/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
pale, especially from illness or lack of vitality

His pallid face betrayed how sick he felt.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · pale, especially from... pale wan ashen pasty colorless sallowblanched

Opposites

ruddy floridflushedrosy glowing

Word family

Derived forms pallidlypallidness

Related forms pale pallorpallidity

Simplified etymology

Pallid entered English in the late 16th century from Latin pallidus, meaning “pale.” The same Latin source gave rise to pale in its colour sense and to pallor.

Etymology

From Latin pallidus 'pale, colorless', from pallere 'to be pale', from the Proto-Indo-European root pel- 'pale, grey'.

pallidus Latin pallere Latin *pelh₁- Proto-Indo-European

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# pallid

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈpælɪd/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈpælɪd/

## Meanings
1. pale, especially from illness or lack of vitality

## Examples
- His pallid face betrayed how sick he felt.

## Synonyms
- pale
- wan
- ashen
- pasty
- colorless
- sallow
- blanched

## Antonyms
- ruddy
- florid
- flushed
- rosy
- glowing

## Derived Forms
- pallidly
- pallidness

## Related Forms
- pale
- pallor
- pallidity

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: pallidus
- Root: pallere
- Root: *pelh₁-

## Etymology
From Latin pallidus 'pale, colorless', from pallere 'to be pale', from the Proto-Indo-European root pel- 'pale, grey'.

## AI Etymology
Pallid comes from Latin pallidus 'pale, colorless', from pallere 'to be pale', from the Proto-Indo-European root pel- 'pale, grey'. The etymological trail includes Latin pallidus, Latin pallere, and Proto-Indo-European *pelh₁-. As an adjective, pallid means pale, especially from illness or lack of vitality. The same family is visible in derived forms such as pallidly and pallidness and related forms such as pale, pallor, and pallidity.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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