pallidness

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Entrance to such a club as this requires a certain pallidness, an achromasia, a terrific effeteness peculiar to the very high-born undead.

From Slate • Aug. 5, 2014

It stood against the darkness and hung out a dim complexion of light, or rather of pallidness, that was not light—not to be described by the pen.

From The Frozen Pirate by Russell, W. Clark (William Clark)

Her complexion may be light or dark, according to fancy; but her interesting pallidness may occasionally be relieved by a hectic flush, yet more interesting.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 331, September 13, 1828 by Various

Five shillings each to watch the burning blush of shame chasing pallidness from poverty's wan cheek!

From The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines by O'Rourke, John

He was powerfully moved; his countenance changed from its usual pallidness to strong suffusion; his hands rather tossed than waved in the air.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 by Various