wanness n 1: unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) [syn: {lividness}, {lividity}, {luridness}, {paleness}, {pallidness}, {pallor}, {wanness}, {achromasia}]
Wanness \Wan"ness\, n. The quality or state of being wan; a sallow, dead, pale color; paleness; pallor; as, the wanness of the cheeks after a fever. [1913 Webster]