Designating a fever, illness, etc., marked by pallor. Obsolete.

Of colour: light in shade or hue; almost white. Frequently modifying adjectives and nouns denoting a specific colour (often prefixed, sometimes with…

Of colour, tint, shade, etc.: pale; lacking intensity or depth. Frequently modifying adjectives and nouns denoting a specific colour (often prefixed…

Somewhat white, whitish.

Pale, pallid, wan; deficient in colour, esp. deficient in the ruddy bloom of health, or the full green of vegetation; of a sickly hue: also used like…

Of colour: ? Pale, light. Obsolete.

Modifying adjectives and nouns of colour, as whitish-blue, whitish-green, whitish-grey, etc.

Resembling paste or dough; of the consistency, appearance, or colour of a paste.

A pale colour, in later use usually blue, grey, or turquoise. Also modifying the names of colours, as mirage blue, mirage grey, etc.