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noun
The state or quality of being livid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
A livid area of skin, such as a bruise, or as is often found on cadavers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, usually
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noun
Livor mortis, suggillation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: lividness, luridness, paleness, pallidness, pallor, wanness, achromasia
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: complexion, skin color, skin colour
noun
a state of fury so great the face becomes discolored
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fury, rage, madness
History
From Middle English lividite, lyvydite, from Middle French lividité and its etymon Medieval Latin līviditās, from Latin līvidus (“livid”) + -tās (suffix forming abstract nouns). By surface analysis, livid + -ity.
Across languages
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
