palesome

English

Etymology

From pale +‎ -some.

Adjective

palesome (comparative more palesome, superlative most palesome)

1. Characterised or marked by paleness
   • 2009, David Mace, The Eternal Watchtower Book:

     Indeed then, there was little sleep there, that night. The next morning broke as a palesome, and rain-scudding greyness, with the sombre clouds riding low in the sky.

   • 2012, Natalie Belousov, Collection: Words by the Heart:

     To see the crimson on her palesome face [...]

Anagrams

• paleomes