Wanness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]