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livid |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Livid \Liv"id\, a. [L. lividus from livere to be of a blush color, to be black and blue: cf F. livide.] Black and blue; grayish blue; of a lead color; discolored, as flesh by contusion. --Cowper. There followed no carbuncles, no purple or livid spots, the mass of the blood not being tainted. --Bacon. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: livid adj 1: ash-colored or 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}, {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: (informal) 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}] From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: LIVID Language Identification and Voice IDentification
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