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Webster 1913 Edition


Wanness

Wan′ness

,
Noun.
The quality or state of being wan; a sallow, dead, pale color; paleness; pallor;
as, the
wanness
of the cheeks after a fever
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Wanness

WANNESS

,
Noun.
Paleness; a sallow, dead, pale color; as the wanness of the cheeks after a fever.

Definition 2024


wanness

wanness

English

Noun

wanness (usually uncountable, plural wannesses)

  1. The state of being wan; pallor.
    • 1919, Stephen Graham, A Private in the Guards (page 139)
      [] the faint contours of grey clouds and the wannesses and darknesses of a rainy heaven, reflecting also on the faces of the men. All of us look a little strained, a little tired.