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What (who) is pale-headed frogmouth - definition
SPECIES OF BIRD
Batrachostomus poliolophus; Sumatran Frogmouth; Pale-headed Frogmouth; Short-tailed Frogmouth; Short-tailed frogmouth
pale
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Pale (jurisdiction); Pale (town); Pale (disambiguation)
I
adj.
devoid of color
1) deathly pale
2) to go, turn pale
3) pale with (rage)
II
v.
1) (d; intr.) ('to become devoid of color') to pale at ('to pale at the sight of blood')
2) (d; intr.) ('to become less important') to pale before, beside (everything paled before the possibility of war)
3) (d; intr.) ('to fade') to pale into (to pale into insignificance)
III
n.
prescribed area
beyond, outside the pale
pale
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Pale (jurisdiction); Pale (town); Pale (disambiguation)
(paler, palest, pales, paling, paled)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If something is pale, it is very light in colour or almost white.
Migrating birds filled the pale sky...
As we age, our skin becomes paler.
? dark
ADJ
•
Pale is also a combining form.
...a pale blue sailor dress...
COMB in COLOUR
2.
If someone looks pale, their face looks a lighter colour than usual, usually because they are ill, frightened, or shocked.
She looked pale and tired...
ADJ: usu v-link ADJ
• paleness
...his paleness when he realized that he was bleeding.
N-UNCOUNT: oft with poss
3.
If one thing pales in comparison with another, it is made to seem much less important, serious, or good by it.
When someone you love has a life-threatening illness, everything else pales in comparison.
...a soap opera against which other soaps pale into insignificance.
VERB: V, V prep
4.
If you think that someone's actions or behaviour are not acceptable, you can say that they are beyond the pale.
This sort of thing really is quite beyond the pale.
= unacceptable
PHRASE: PHR after v, oft PHR of n
pale
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Pale (jurisdiction); Pale (town); Pale (disambiguation)
pale1
¦ adjective
1. containing little colour or pigment; light in colour or shade.
(of a person's face) having little colour, typically as a result of shock, fear, or ill health.
2. unimpressive or inferior: a pale imitation.
¦ verb
1. become pale in one's face.
2. seem or become less important.
Derivatives
palely adverb
paleness noun
palish adjective
Origin
ME: from OFr. pale, from L. pallidus.
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pale2
¦ noun
1. a wooden stake used with others to form a fence.
2. a conceptual boundary: within the pale of decency.
3. (often the Pale) archaic or historical an area within determined bounds or subject to a particular jurisdiction.
4. Heraldry a broad vertical stripe down the middle of a shield.
Phrases
beyond the pale outside the bounds of acceptable behaviour.
Word History
Pale entered Middle English from the Old French word pal, from Latin palus 'stake'. The idea of a stake forming part of a fence or boundary led to the development of the phrase beyond the pale. The term Pale was applied to various English-controlled territories, in particular to the area of Ireland under English jurisdiction before the 16th century. The earliest reference (1547) to the Pale in Ireland as such draws the contrast between the English Pale and the 'wyld Irysh': the area beyond the pale would have been regarded as dangerous and uncivilized by the English.
Wikipedia
Sumatran frogmouth
The Sumatran frogmouth (Batrachostomus poliolophus), also known as the short-tailed frogmouth and the pale-faced frogmouth, is a nocturnal bird belonging to the family Podargidae. It is endemic to the island of Sumatra in Indonesia.
