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Definitions: Paleness |
PalenessNoun1. Unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress). 2. The property of having a naturally light complexion. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "paleness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Synonyms: PalenessSynonyms: achromasia (n), blondness (n), fairness (n), lividity (n), lividness (n), luridness (n), pallidness (n), pallor (n), wanness (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Paleness |
| English words defined with "paleness": Ashes ♦ Etiolation ♦ Leucophlegmacy ♦ Pallidity ♦ waxen, waxlike, waxy. (references) |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | It would be hard to say which was the most wonderful, his paleness or his serenity. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | His eyes were glazed with worry, and a paleness showed through his dark skin. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Fatigue, paleness, and shortness of breath — all symptoms of anemia, or a shortage of red blood cells. (references) | |
Paleness, headache, irritability, trembling, sweating, rapid heart beat, and a cold, clammy feeling are also signs of low blood sugar. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Paleness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Paleness" is used about 32 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 32 | 61,292 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
paleness | 5 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "paleness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | zverdhje (pallor), zbehtësi (ash, dimness, pallor), zbehje (pallor). (various references) | |
Arabic | â€Ø§Ù„Ø´Øوب, â€Ø´Øوب (ash, pallidness, pallor, sallowness, sickliness, wanness, whiteness). (various references) | |
Czech | bledost (pallidness, pallor, whiteness). (various references) | |
Danish | pallor (pallor), bleghed (pallor, whiteness). (various references) | |
Dutch | pallor (pallor, whiteness), bleekheid (pallor, whiteness). (various references) | |
Finnish | vaaleus (blue reflectance factor, brightness, fairness, light colour, lightness), kalpeus (pallor). (various references) | |
French | pâleur (pallidness, pallor, pastiness). (various references) | |
German | farblosigkeit (colorlessness, colourlessness, flabbiness), blässe (colorlessness, colourlessness, pallidness, pallor, sallowness, sickliness, wanness). (various references) | |
Greek | ωχÏότητα (blindly, luridness, pallor, sallowness, shopping center, wanness, whiteness). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ירקרקות (greenishness, pallor), חורון (pallor, whiteness), חורות (whiteness), ×"חור×" (pallor). (various references) | |
Hungarian | sápadtság (pallidness, pallor, wanness, whiteness), halványság. (various references) | |
Indonesian | kepucatan. (various references) | |
Italian | pallore (pallor, sallowness, wanness, whiteness). (various references) | |
Manx | treihid (feebleness, haggardness, miserableness, wanness), glassaght, baneid (blankness, lightness, whiteness). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | alenesspay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | palidez (blankness, lightness, pallium, pallor, pastor, whiteness). (various references) | |
Romanian | gãlbenealã (pallidness, yellowness), gãlbejealã (sickliness, wanness), decolorare (discolorating, discoloring, discolouring, fading, pallor). (various references) | |
Russian | бледноÑÑ‚ÑŒ (feebleness, pallor, whiteness). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | bledilo (greensickness, pallidness, pallor, sallow, whiteness). (various references) | |
Spanish | palidez (pallidity, pallidness, pallor, sickliness, wanness, whiteness). (various references) | |
Turkish | solukluk (dinginess, opaqueness, pallidness, washiness), solgunluk (pallidness, pallor, washiness). (various references) | |
Ukranian | блідіÑÑ‚ÑŒ (pallor, washiness, whiteness). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | pallor. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | palor. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "paleness": palenesses. (additional references) | |
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"Paleness" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: pagenses, Paklenica, Palene, Pallene, pallens, paneless, pavennes, Phalereus, pileless, playnesse. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "paleness" (pronounced 'Pale"ness'): Abruptness, Abstruseness, Absurdness, Acuteness, Adaptness, Adeptness, Adroitness, Adultness, Albiness, Alertness, Allness, Aloneness, Aloofness, Animoseness, Antiqueness, Apartness, Apertness, Aptness, Archness, Arguteness, Augustness, Austereness, Averseness, Badness, Baldness, Bareness, Baseness, Bigness, Blackness, Blandness, Blankness, Blindness, Blitheness, Blondness, Blueness, Bluffness, Bluntness, Boldness, Braveness, Briefness, brightness, Briskness, Broadness, Brownness, Brusqueness, Bruteness, Budgeness, Business, Calmness, Cavalierness, Chasteness, Cheapness, Childness, Chillness, Choiceness, Chopness, Circumspectness, Cleanness, Clearness, Closeness, Coarseness, Coldness, Compactness, Completeness, Conciseness, Concreteness, Condignness, Conjointness, Coolness, Correctness, Corruptness, Coyness, Crankness, Crassness, Crispness, Crossness, Crudeness, Curstness, Curtness, Cuteness, Daftness, Dampness, Darkness, Deadness, Deafness, Dearness, Debauchness, Debonairness, Deepness, Deftness, Demureness, Devoutness, Diffuseness, Diluteness, Dimness, Directness, Direness, Dirkness, Diskindness, Dislikeness, Disperseness, Distinctness, Diverseness, Divineness, Dryness, Dueness, Dulceness, Dullness, Dumbness, Duskness, Erectness, Exactness, Expertness, Expressness, Faintness, Fairness, Falness, Falseness, Farness, Fastness, Fatness, Featness, Fellness, Ferdness, fewness, fineness, firmness, fitness, flatness, fleetness, Flushness, fondness, forgiveness, forlornness, Forswornness, foulness, frailness, frankness, Freeness, freshness, fullness, gameness, Gastness, gayness, genteelness, Ghastness, Gladness, Glibness, Glumness, Goneness, Goodness, grandness, graveness, grayness, greatness, greenness, grimness, grossness, grotesqueness, Halfness, hardness, harshness, Highness, hirsuteness, hoarseness, hotness, illness, immatureness, immenseness, impureness, incompleteness, incorrectness, incorruptness, indirectness, indistinctness, ineptness, inertness, inexactness, Inexpertness, Infirmness, insaneness, insecureness, Intenseness, intentness, justness, keenness, KINDNESS, lameness, Lankness, largeness, lateness, laxness, leanness, likeness, limpness, litheness, Loathness, Loneness, longness, looseness, loudness, loving-kindness, lowness, madness, matureness, meanness, meekness, Meetness, mildness, minuteness, moistness, Moreness, moroseness, Muchness, Muteness, Nearness, neatness, Newness, Niceness, Nighness, Northness, Numbness, Obeseness, Oblateness, Obliqueness, Obscureness, Obtuseness, Occultness, Oddness, Oldness, Oneness, Opaqueness, Ornateness, Oughtness, Outness, Overfullness, Overgreatness, Overlargeness, Overmuchness, Overthwartness, Patness, Pertness, Perverseness, Piedness, Pinkness, Plainness, Platness, Plumpness, Politeness, Poorness, Primeness, Primness, Profaneness, Profoundness, Profuseness, Prolixness, Promptness, Proneness, Proudness, Pureness, Quaintness, Quakness, Queerness, Quickness, rankness, rareness, rashness, Rawness, Recluseness, redness, remissness, Repleteness, richness, rightness, ripeness, robustness, Rotundness, roughness, roundness, sadness, safeness, Sageness, Salineness, Saltness, sameness, saneness, scantness, Scrimpness, secureness, Seedness, Selectness, Selfness, Self-willedness, Sereneness, Setness, sharpness, shortness, shrillness, shyness, sickness, Silkness, Sincereness, slackness, sleekness, slickness, slightness, slimness, Sliness, Slopeness, slowness, slyness, smallness, smartness, smoothness, smugness, snugness, softness, Soleness, Soothness, soreness, soundness, sourness, Southness, spareness, sparseness, squareness, staidness, staleness, Stanchness, Starchness, starkness, Stayedness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stillness, stoutness, Straitness, strangeness, strictness, Stuntness, Sublimeness, Submissness, sureness, Swartness, sweetness, swiftness, tallness, tameness, tartness, thickness, thinness, Thwartness, tightness, tiredness, toughness, Trigness, trimness, trueness, Truthness, Underniceness, Undueness, Unfirmness, unharness, unlikeness, Unripeness, Unsadness, Unwellness, vagueness, Vainness, Vastness, Voidness, Wanness, Warmness, Wasteness, Weakness, Weirdness, Westness, Whereness, Whiteness, Wholeness, Wideness, Wildness, Wiseness, Woodness, Wrawness, Wrongness, Wryness, Youngness. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-l-n-p-s-s" | |
-1 letter: elapses, napless, pleases, spelean, spleens. | |
-2 letters: aneles, asleep, aspens, easels, elapse, lapses, leases, lenses, lessen, panels, passee, passel, peasen, peases, planes, please, saleps, sepals, sleeps, sneaps, spales, speans, speels, spense, spleen. | |
-3 letters: anele, apses, aspen, easel, eases, elans, lanes, lapse, lases, leans, leaps, lease, lenes, lense, napes, neaps, neeps, pales, panel, panes, pases, passe, peals, peans, pease, peels, peens, peles, penal, penes, plane, plans, pleas, plena, salep, sales, salps, sanes, seals, seels, seeps, sensa, sense, sepal, slaps, sleep, snaps, sneap, spaes, spale, spans, spean, speel. | |
-4 letters: alee, ales, alps, anes, apes, apse, asps, ease, eels, elan, else, eses, lane, laps, lase, lass, lean, leap, leas, lees, lens, less, nape, naps, neap, neep, ness, pale, pals, pane, pans, pase, pass, peal, pean, peas, peel, peen, pees, pele, pens, plan, plea, sale, salp, sals, sane, sans, saps, seal, seas, seel, seen, seep, sees, sels, sene, slap, snap, spae, span, spas. | |
-5 letters: ale, alp, als, ane, ape, asp, ass, eel, els, ens, ess, lap, las, lea, lee, nae, nap, nee, pal, pan, pas, pea, pee, pen, pes, sae, sal, sap, sea, see, sel, sen, spa. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-l-n-p-s-s" | |
+1 letter: ampleness, ensamples, espanoles, penalises, seaplanes, spalpeens. | |
+2 letters: anablepses, encapsules, esplanades, palenesses, parentless, pleasances, weaponless. | |
+3 letters: amplenesses, capableness, dispensable, haplessness, partnerless, patternless, personalise, plainnesses, plasmagenes, plasticenes, pleasantest, pliableness, potableness, salesperson, saplessness, screenplays, shapeliness, specialness, superplanes. | |
+4 letters: culpableness, encapsulates, expressional, generalships, inseparables, malapertness, narcolepsies, opalescences, painlessness, palingeneses, palingenesis, pallidnesses, paltrinesses, pathlessness, peacefulness, personalised, personalises, personalizes, personalties, pitiableness, placidnesses, planispheres, planlessness, pleasantness, pleasantries, pleasingness, plebeianisms, pliantnesses, poeticalness, precessional, provableness, relandscapes, salespersons, superalterns. | |
+5 letters: antipleasures, capablenesses, corporealness, displacements, elephantiases, elephantiasis, exemplariness, haplessnesses, incapableness, indispensable, isoprenalines, marlinespikes, misplacements, painfulnesses, painterliness, palatableness, peaceableness, pearlescences, personalities, phalansteries, plaintiveness, planetesimals, plausibleness, playfulnesses, pliablenesses, potablenesses, prayerfulness, saplessnesses, separableness, shapelessness, shapelinesses, specialnesses, splashinesses, superableness, superpersonal, supersalesman, supersalesmen, supplementals, typicalnesses, upperclassmen. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 61 6C 65 6E 65 73 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .- .-.. . -. . ... ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100001 01101100 01100101 01101110 01100101 01110011 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P a l e n e s s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0061 006C 0065 006E 0065 0073 0073 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5067787180718585 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Quotations: Fiction | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Translations: Ancient 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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