Wanness \Wan"ness\, n.
The quality or state of being wan; a sallow, dead, pale
color; paleness; pallor; as, the wanness of the cheeks after
a fever.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
wanness
n : unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or
sickness or emotional distress) [syn: lividness, lividity,
luridness, paleness, pallidness, pallor, achromasia]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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