dictionary definitions for "livid"


From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Livid \Liv"id\ (l[i^]v"[i^]d), a. [L. lividus, from livere to be
     of a blush color, to be black and blue: cf. F. livide.]
     1. Black and blue; grayish blue; of a lead color; discolored,
        as flesh may be from a contusion. --Cowper.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              There followed no carbuncles, no purple or livid
              spots, the mass of the blood not being tainted.
                                                    --Bacon.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Extremely angry; enraged; infuriated.
        [PJC]
  
     3. Pallid; ashen; -- of the skin.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  livid
      adj 1: anemic looking from illness or emotion; "a face turned
             ashen"; "the invalid's blanched cheeks"; "tried to speak
             with bloodless lips"; "a face livid with shock";
             "lips...livid with the hue of death"- Mary W. Shelley;
             "lips white with terror"; "a face white with rage" [syn:
             ashen, blanched, bloodless, livid, white]
      2: (of a light) imparting a deathlike luminosity; "livid
         lightning streaked the sky"; "a thousand flambeaux...turned
         all at once that deep gloom into a livid and preternatural
         day"- E.A.Poe
      3: furiously angry; "willful stupidity makes him absolutely
         livid"
      4: discolored by coagulation of blood beneath the skin; "beaten
         black and blue"; "livid bruises" [syn: black-and-blue,
         livid]


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