Pale Definition
- Irrevocably unacceptable or unreasonable:
behavior that was quite beyond the pale.
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Origin of Pale
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Middle English from Old French from Latin pallidus from pallēre to be pale pel-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Middle English from Old French pal from Latin pālus pag- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Middle English, from Old French pale, from Latin pallidus (“pale, pallid").
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English, from Latin pālus (“stake, prop").
From Wiktionary
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