Definition of "wanness" [wan•ness]

• The state of being wan; pallor (noun)

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• "Such, then, is the cause of the wanness of my complexion."
• "About his large bright eyes that used to be so merry there was a wanness and a restlessness that changed them altogether. 1 cannot use the expression that he looked old."
• "The animated expression of his countenance was unchanged; yet, when the first glow of joy had faded from it, and Ellena had leisure to observe its wanness, she understood, too certainly, that he had been a prisoner in the"