chalk-white

adj

Etymology

From chalk + white.

  1. inherited from *ḱweydós
  2. inherited from *hwītaz
  3. inherited from *hwīt
  4. inherited from hwīt
  5. inherited from whit
  6. compounded as chalk-white — “chalk + white

Definitions

  1. Chalky white.

    • I burn, burn like a wicker cabinet / chalk-white and oh so frail / I see our time has gotten stale
    • Six utterly chalk-white people were cramped together beneath the parasol, sharing the little circle of shadow it was casting down onto the moderately sundrenched beach.

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