WANNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wanness mean? 

• WANNESS (noun)
  The noun WANNESS has 1 sense:

1. unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)

  Familiarity information: WANNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WANNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

achromasia; lividity; lividness; luridness; paleness; pallidness; pallor; wanness

Hypernyms ("wanness" is a kind of...):

complexion; skin color; skin colour (the coloring of a person's face)

Derivation:

wan (abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress)