Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Pale (-r)
pale (-r), adj. [ME < OFr < L. pallēre.] (webplay: red).
- Dull; dim; colorless; lacking brightness; plain; undesirable; bereft of beauty or glory in comparison.
- Appalled; frightened; alarmed; white; stricken colorless from fear or awe; [fig.] deathly; withered in appearance; ashen in color from illness and near approach of death.
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