livid

livid
a) Furiously angry.
b) Having a dark, bluish appearance.

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  • livid — [adj1] pale, ashen ashy, blanched, bloodless, colorless, discolored, dusky, gloomy, greyish, grisly, leaden, lurid, murky, pallid, pasty, wan, waxen; concept 618 Ant. blushing, brilliant, flushed, radiant, rosy livid [adj2] bruised black and blue …   New thesaurus

  • 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • livid — early 15c., of a bluish leaden color, from M.Fr. livide and directly from L. lividus of a bluish color, black and blue, figuratively envious, spiteful, malicious, from livere be bluish, earlier *slivere, from PIE *sliwo , suffixed form of root *… …   Etymology dictionary

  • livid — The meaning that is more familiar today, ‘furiously angry’, is a recent one not recorded before the 20c. The earlier (17c) meaning, still in use, is ‘of a bluish leaden colour; discoloured by bruising’: • A huge, livid, recently healed scar ran… …   Modern English usage

  • livid — [liv′id] adj. [< Fr or L: Fr livide < L lividus, akin to livere, to be black and blue < IE * (s)līwos < base * (s)li , bluish > SLOE, OSlav sliva, plum] 1. discolored by a bruise; black and blue 2. grayish blue; lead colored:… …   English World dictionary

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  • Livid — Livīd (lat.), bleifarbig, fahl …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

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