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Definition of Livid
1. Adjective. Anemic looking from illness or emotion. "A face white with rage"
Similar to: Colorless, Colourless
Derivative terms: Lividity, Lividness
2. Adjective. (of a light) imparting a deathlike luminosity. "A thousand flambeaux...turned all at once that deep gloom into a livid and preternatural day"
3. Adjective. Furiously angry. "Willful stupidity makes him absolutely livid"
4. Adjective. Discolored by coagulation of blood beneath the skin. "Livid bruises"
Definition of Livid
1. a. Black and blue; grayish blue; of a lead color; discolored, as flesh by contusion.
Definition of Livid
1. Adjective. (informal) Furiously angry. ¹
2. Adjective. Having a dark, bluish appearance. ¹
3. Adjective. Pallid. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Livid
1. having the skin abnormally discolored [adj] : LIVIDLY [adv]
Medical Definition of Livid
1. Black and blue; grayish blue; of a lead colour; discoloured, as flesh by contusion. "There followed no carbuncles, no purple or livid spots, the mass of the blood not being tainted." (Bacon) Origin: L. Lividus, from livere to be of a blush colour, to be black and blue: cf. F. Livide. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Livid
Literary usage of Livid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"You will also find litotes mentioned at DOUBLE NEGATIVE 2. liturgy See LITANY 2.
livid livid is ultimately derived from the Latin verb ..."
2. The Federal and State Constitutions: Colonial Charters, and Other Organic by Francis N. Thorpe, United States (1909)
"That no livid officer of llu. militia lie eligible as a Senator. Delegate, or
member of the Council. XLVIII. That the Governor, for the time being, ..."
3. The Triumphs of Temper: A Poem : in Six Cantosby William Hayley, Maria Flaxman, William Blake by William Hayley, Maria Flaxman, William Blake (1803)
"... And now his livid lips the bugle blew; Thro" every den the piercing discord
flew : The fiends all answered in one hideous yell. ..."
4. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"Nay, for u livid, out of his easy nature. Mny'st draw him to the kee|»ing of a
coach l-'or country, ..."
5. A Concordance to the Works of Alexander Popeby Edwin Abbott by Edwin Abbott (1875)
"... E. vi. я Bright clouds d., and Angels watch thee round £.yf .340 Who saw its
fires here rise, and there HKM Ü. 37 From burning suns when livid deaths d. ..."
6. A Treatise on the Practice of Medicine by George Bacon Wood (1866)
"The face is swollen and livid, the eyes open and prominent, the conjunctiva
injected, and the tongue often projected from the mouth, from which bloody mucus ..."
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