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- noun Plural form of
paleness .
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Examples
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I am quite certain that the sudden paleness of my complexion exceeded all the sudden palenesses of complexions visited upon me during a lifetime of unexpected shocks.
An East Wind Coming Cover, Arthur Byron 1979
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Clermont_, the amount of tears shed, the way in which the knees of the characters knock together, their palenesses, blushes, tears, sighs, and other performances of the same kind, are surprising.
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 George Saintsbury 1889
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