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Meanings of wanness in English

Portuguese
palidez

Unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)

palidez
Usage of wanness in English
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There appeared a wanness in the night, and Helena felt inexpressibly dreary.
The Trespasser
2
Helena wanted the day-wanness to be quite wiped off the west.
The Trespasser
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Such, then, is the cause of the wanness of my complexion.
The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 09
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To this was added a certain wanness and air of fatigue.
Wieland; Or, The Transformation: An American Tale
5
It was the last phase, the feebleness, the wanness, the inertia!
The Blind Spot
6
The ghastly little skull-cap showed forth its wanness rigidly.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
7
Some wanness where, I think, thy foot may fall!
The Poetry Of Robert Browning
8
In her there always appears a terrible wanness, right upon the heels of a wonderful freshness.
Clair de Lune / A Play in Two Acts and Six Scenes
9
A ghostly ray came through a crack between the logs and lit Alice's face with a pathetic wanness.
Alice of Old Vincennes
10
She had taken off her high, close neckwear, and the wanness of her throat showed above a collarless shirt-waist.
A Touch of Sun, and Other Stories
11
There was exertion about every move of his body, the wanness and effort of vanished vitality; he balanced himself carefully.
The Blind Spot
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Her jealous shame at being disprized and notoriously neglected had given her wanness and bitterness, instead of warmth and sweetness.
We Can't Have Everything: A Novel
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At the name of Barto Rizzo, Laura's eyes widened, awakening a memory in Ammiani; and her face had a spectral wanness.
Vittoria — Complete
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Miss Arden, looking back at her, noted how each day was helping to remove the pallor and wanness from that face.
Red Pepper's Patients / With an Account of Anne Linton's Case in...
15
A faint flush, appearing in Jack's cheeks, only emphasized his wanness and the whiteness of his neck and chin and forehead.
Over the Pass
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His countenance was haggard, and his complexion seemed to be a struggle between the wanness of care and the redness of intemperance.
Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellevue / A Tal...
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Translations for wanness
Portuguese
palidez
Wanness through the time