The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cadaverous \Ca*dav"er*ous\, a. [L. cadaverosus.]
Having the appearance or color of a dead human body; pale; ghastly; as, a cadaverous look.
Of or pertaining to, or having the qualities of, a dead body. ``The scent cadaverous.'' -- Ca*dav"er*ous*ly, adv. -- Ca*dav"er*ous*ness, n.
Wiktionary
n. The state or quality of being cadaverous.
Usage examples of "cadaverousness".
It's stayed with me to this day, I can still quote the odd line of it from memory: `a cadaverousness of complexion.
It’s stayed with me to this day, I can still quote the odd line of it from memory: ‘a cadaverousness of complexion.
Always before had they appeared skinny to the verge of cadaverousness, for in the past they had never fared so well as since the day that Tarzan of the Apes had given weapons to the son of The First Woman.
But there was something about Wren-the cadaverousness of his features, perhaps.