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lividity - 4 dictionary results

liv⋅id

  [liv-id]
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–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.
6. deathly pale; pallid; ashen: Fear turned his cheeks livid for a moment.
Origin:
1615–25; < L līvidus black and blue, equiv. to līv(ēre) to be livid (akin to Welsh lliw color) + -idus -id 4

Related forms:
liv⋅id⋅ly, adverb
liv⋅id⋅ness, li⋅vid⋅i⋅ty, noun
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liv·id   (lĭv'ĭd)   
adj.  
  1. Discolored, as from a bruise; black-and-blue.
  2. Ashen or pallid: a face livid with shock.
  3. Extremely angry; furious.

[Middle English livide, from Old French, from Latin līvidus, from līvēre, to be bluish; see sleiə- in Indo-European roots.]
li·vid'i·ty, liv'id·ness n., liv'id·ly adv.
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Lividity

Li*vid"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. lividit['e].] The state or quality of being livid.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Main Entry: li·vid·i·ty
Pronunciation: liv-'id-&t-E
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ties
: the conditionof being livid lividity>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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