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paly en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈpeɪli/

Etymology

Compare French palé. See pale (“a stake”).

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Palewise; vertically striped.

Deriveds

counter-paly

paly en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈpeɪli/

Etymology

From pale + -y.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) Pale; lacking colour.
    • c. 1857-1873, John Greenleaf Whittier, "The Reformer" Young Romance raised his dreamy eyes, With that deep insight which detects O'erhung with paly locks of gold
    • Fain would I go to chafe his paly lips With twenty thousand kisses, 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], line 141:

Forms

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more paly Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most paly Degree=Sup lexicographic