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

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Usage examples (41)
  • Adjective : His wan face suddenly flushed. ,a wan look; a wan smile. ,their wan attempts to organize the alumni
  • Such, then, is the cause of the wanness of my complexion.
  • He glanced at her, dim in star-glow and wanness off the control panel.
  • I stepped back, aware that the gray wizard had the slightest hint of wanness about him.
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