cadaverousness

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Fearful squint would be at a premium; scowls would be valued according to their blackness and depth; a ghastly grin would be desirable; while a general cadaverousness might be utilized as suggesting to drunkards the probable end of their career.

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  • A cadaverousness of complexion; an eye large, liquid, and luminous beyond comparison; lips somewhat thin and very pallid, but of a surpassingly beautiful curve; —  The Hog's Head
  • Fearful squint would be at a premium; scowls would be valued according to their blackness and depth; a ghastly grin would be desirable; while a general cadaverousness might be utilized as suggesting to drunkards the probable end of their career. —  Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 1, January 1886
  • It may be; but the German love of food is not necessarily a sign of grossness, and that "overfed" appearance, of which the Union spoke, is not necessarily a sign of inefficiency, any more than leanness or cadaverousness is a sign of efficiency. —  Reflections and Comments 1865-1895
  • Without suggesting cadaverousness, though high-boned and prominent, the cheeks fell away and met in a mouth, thin-lipped and softly strong. —  The God of His Fathers: Tales of the Klondyke
  • He was a man whose figure promised cadaverousness, but who had an excessively red face, though shaped like a horse's. —  The Uncommercial Traveller
 

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