PALER
What does "PALER" mean?
More pale; lighter or whiter in color, or more lacking in brightness or intensity.
Meanings
- Comparative of pale: lighter in color, or more drained of color. Her face went paler at the bad news.
- Comparative of pale: fainter, weaker, or less vivid in light or quality. The dawn looked paler through the fog.
Word origin
The comparative of 'pale', from Old French 'pale', from Latin 'pallidus' (wan), with the standard English comparative suffix '-er'.
Remember it
PALER = PALE + R; the extra R is the 'reduction' of color.
A little poem
Each morning fog has bleached the hill a shade,
the world a little paler, less afraid.
couplet
What it teaches
Comparison only tells you a direction, never an arrival; paler than what still matters.
Quick facts
What does PALER mean?
More pale; lighter or whiter in color, or more lacking in brightness or intensity.
Is PALER a valid word?
Yes — PALER is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is PALER?
PALER has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does PALER come from?
The comparative of 'pale', from Old French 'pale', from Latin 'pallidus' (wan), with the standard English comparative suffix '-er'.
What can PALER teach us?
Comparison only tells you a direction, never an arrival; paler than what still matters.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.