- 1(of a person, their face, etc.) pale, especially because of illness a pallid complexion She found him on the bed, pallid and shivering. See related entries: Being ill
- 2(of colours or light) not strong or bright, and therefore not attractive a pallid sky Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin pallidus ‘pale’ (related to pallere ‘be pale’).
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