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A word that means just, pretty, pale, and average — pick a struggle.

means Describing something just and impartial, or pleasant in appearance, or light in color, or merely adequate — depending entirely on context.

from Old English 'fæger,' meaning beautiful or pleasing, with cousins across the Germanic family (Old High German 'fagar'). The original sense was 'lovely to look at,' which over centuries branched outward into 'light-complexioned,' then into the moral 'fair' of justice and finally the deflating 'fair' of so-so. The carnival 'fair' is a different word entirely — that one comes through Old French 'feire' from Latin 'feria,' meaning a holy day or festival.

price tag
Free admission, then twelve dollars for a turkey leg
weather report
Means clear skies, no rain expected today
old roots
From Old English fæger, meaning beautiful or pleasing
the warning
Life never promised to be one
grade scale
Fair sits politely between good and poor
for instance

state fair of texas — annual dallas fair since 1886, currently draws 2.4 million visitors

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