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adjective

Livid adj.

Black and blue; grayish blue; of a lead color; discolored, as flesh may be from a contusion. "There followed no carbuncles, no purple or livid spots, the mass of the blood not being tainted."

Extremely angry; enraged; infuriated.

Pallid; ashen; of the skin.

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Etymology of 'Livid'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Livid" Quotes from Famous Books

... dark— Over a livid stretch of sky Cloud-monsters crawling like a funeral train Of huge primeval presences Stooping beneath the weight Of some enormous, rudimentary grief; While in the haunting loneliness The far sea waits and wanders, with a sound As of the ...

— The Song of the Sword - and Other Verses • W. E. Henley

... sharply, and for a moment I thought his face seemed to change from a livid white to an apoplectic red, although it may have been only the play of the weird light. When he spoke it was with no show ...

— Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3 • Collected and Arranged by Francis J. Reynolds

... distracted. TYND. His eyes strike fire; there's need of a rope, Hegio. Don't you see how his body is spotted all over with livid spots? Black bile ...

— The Captiva and The Mostellaria • Plautus

... tugging at his heart. Porringer too was silent. The vapor hung so heavily upon the plains of marsh level with their heads that they seemed to be piercing a dense, low cloud. The light was growing stronger, but the earth still lay like a corpse, livid, dumb, cold and still. There was a chill stagnant smell ...

— Prisoners of Hope - A Tale of Colonial Virginia • Mary Johnston

... face grew livid; he rose, said not another word about his concerns, and slunk out of his neighbor's ...

— Debit and Credit - Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag • Gustav Freytag

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