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Pale in color
Answer for the clue "Pale in color ", 5 letters:
washy
Alternative clues for the word washy
Word definitions for washy in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. lacking strength or vigor; "a washy handshake"; "washy prose" overly diluted; thin and insipid; "washy coffee"; "watery milk"; "weak tea" [syn: watery , weak ] having lost freshness or brilliance of color; "sun-bleached deck chairs"; "faded jeans"; ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1610s, "over-diluted," from wash (n.) + -y (2). Sense of "feeble, weak" is from 1630s. Related: Washiness .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Washy \Wash"y\, a. [From Wash .] Watery; damp; soft. ``Washy ooze.'' --Milton. Lacking substance or strength; weak; thin; dilute; feeble; as, washy tea; washy resolutions. A polish . . . not over thin and washy. --Sir H. Wotton. Not firm or hardy; ...
Usage examples of washy.
Archie one afternoon some weeks after the episode of Washy, in his suite at the Hotel Cosmopolis, where he was cementing with cigarettes and pleasant conversation his renewed friendship with Wilson Hymack, whom he had first met in the neighbourhood of Armentieres during the war.
Kandersteg: gelding, washy chestnut, three white socks, both forelegs and near hind.
Below he could just make out the washy seafoam, pale against the black water.