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]