livid
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ɪd adjective
1.
having a discolored, bluish appearance caused by a bruise, congestion of blood vessels, strangulation, etc., as the face, flesh, hands, or nails.
2.
dull blue; dark, grayish-blue.
3.
enraged; furiously angry: Willful stupidity makes me absolutely livid.
4.
feeling or appearing strangulated because of strong emotion.
5.
reddish or flushed.
Origin:
1615–25; < Latin līvidus black and blue, equivalent to līv(ēre) to be livid (akin to Welsh lliw color) + -idus -id4
1615–25; < Latin līvidus black and blue, equivalent to līv(ēre) to be livid (akin to Welsh lliw color) + -idus -id4
Related forms
liv·id·ly, adverb
liv·id·ness, li·vid·i·ty, noun
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livid (ˈlɪvɪd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | (of the skin) discoloured, as from a bruise or contusion |
| 2. | of a greyish tinge or colour: livid pink |
| 3. | informal angry or furious |
| [C17: via French from Latin līvidus, from līvēre to be black and blue] | |
| 'lividly | |
| —adv | |
| 'lividness | |
| —n | |
| li'vidity | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
livid
1622, "of a bluish-leaden color," from M.Fr. livide, from L. lividus, from livere "be bluish," from PIE *(s)liwos-, from base *(s)li- "bluish" (cf. O.C.S., Rus. sliva "plum;" Lith. slywas "plum;" O.Ir. li, Welsh lliw "color, splendor," O.E. sla "sloe"). The sense of "furiously angry" (1912) is from the
notion of being livid with rage.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
livid liv·id (lĭv'ĭd)
adj.
Having a black-and-blue or a leaden or ashy-gray color, as in discoloration from a contusion, congestion, or cyanosis.
li·vid'i·ty or liv'id·ness n.
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Example sentences
Patients with terminal pneumonic and septicemic plague would develop livid cyanosis and large ecchymoses.
Then they fire up the guy, and he explodes in sheets of colored fireworks and giant livid gouts of flames.
It was stated that the circuit court clerks are livid about this new law.
Here she is, bald-lifting the squeaky flap of her white rubber bathing hat to tuck out of sight strands of her livid hair.
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