Word of the Day for Monday May 23, 2005 pallor \PAL-urh\, noun:Unusual or extreme paleness. Across the table, Joseph appeared pale, as if he never spent enough time out-of-doors on golf courses, in ballparks, or on fishing boats. He had earned this bureaucrat's pallor honestly, behind his desk, under fluorescent light, in candlelit church ceremonials. --Eugene Kennedy, My Brother Joseph Although we had known each other for a couple of years, I don't think that I had ever seen you by daylight before, so I was surprised by the pallor of your skin. --David Bourdon, "A Letter to Charlotte Moorman," Art in America, June 2000 Pallor is from Latin, from pallere, "to be pale." Dictionary.com Entry and Pronunciation for pallor