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

Achromatism -- N. achromatism†; decoloration†, discoloration; pallor, pallidness, pallidity†; paleness &c. adj.; etiolation; neutral tint, monochrome, black and white.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

Wallace turned to Lady Mar with an inquiring look of such wild horror that she found her tongue cleave to the roof of her mouth, and her complexion faded into the pallidness of his.

From The Scottish Chiefs by Porter, Jane

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)

In the lone, ghostly midnight, he raves as he lies, With death's ashen pallidness dimming his eyes: He shouts the sharp war-cry,—he rallies his men,— He is on the red field of Manassas again.

From Beechenbrook A Rhyme of the War by Preston, Margaret J.