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livid, a.|ˈlɪvɪd|
[ad. F. livide or L. līvidus, f. līvēre to be livid.]
a. Of a bluish leaden colour; discoloured as by a bruise; black and blue.
1622Bacon Hen. VII 9 There followed no Carbuncle, no purple or liuide Spots. 1663Cowley Christ's Passion, Verses & Ess. (1669) 2 Dost thou not see the livid traces Of the sharp scourges rude embraces? 1703Pope Thebais i. 83 Thou, sable Styx! whose livid streams are roll'd Thro' dreary coasts. 1720Gay Poems (1745) II. 252 With wan care Sunk are those eyes, and livid with despair. 1786tr. Beckford's Vathek (1883) 143 A voice from the livid lips of the Prophet articulated these words. 1797Mrs. Radcliffe Italian v, The light glared on the livid face of the corpse. 1808Med. Jrnl. XIX. 345 A livid suffusion like that of erysipelas slightly elevated. 1816Playfair Nat. Phil. II. 197 In 1607 it [the Comet] was dark and livid. 1828Stark Elem. Nat. Hist. I. 311 Silvery Gull or Herring-Gull of Latham. Mantle bluish-cinereous; legs livid. 1864Browning J. Lee's Wife vi. v, Her lean fingers shut Close, close, their sharp and livid nails Indent the clammy palm. 1870Hooker Stud. Flora 220 Hieracium Lawsoni..styles livid. 1882Ouida Maremma I. 179 Over the water there hung..a livid fog of heat.
Comb.1860J. R. Edkins Chinese Scenes & People (1863) 132 A long-faced livid-looking individual..rose.
b. Prefixed, as a qualification, to other adjectives or substantives of colour. (Usually hyphened with the adj. when the latter is used attributively.)
In botanical use the form livido- (see -o suffix) has been employed in compound designations of colour: so livido-castaneous, -fuscous, -virescent, etc. (W. A. Leighton Lichenflora, 1871.)
1814Scott Ld. of Isles v. xxvi, His trembling lips are livid blue. 1827–35Willis Leper 53 White scales, Circled with livid purple, cover'd him. 1859Semple Diphtheria 8 The edges of this foul ulcer are swollen, and of a livid-red colour. 1865Dickens Mut. Fr. i. x, His colour has turned to a livid white. 1887W. Phillips Brit. Discomycetes 218 Disc livid-glaucous.
c. Furiously angry, as if pale with rage. colloq.
1912Collier's 9 Mar. 21/1 He sprang to his feet, livid. ‘That's a lie,’ and he stopped suddenly, startled by his own violence. 1918C. Mackenzie Early Life Sylvia Scarlett ii. ii. 292 He was livid with fury. He asked if I thought he was made of money. 1936M. Kennedy Together & Apart ii. 151 Betsy is livid. She says now she will fight to the last ditch to get complete custody of the children. 1949R. Chandler Little Sister ii. 10 Orrin would be absolutely livid. Mother would be furious too. 1959J. Verney Friday's Tunnel xxiv. 214 Friday's livid because he thinks you've punctured his bike. 1973‘D. Shannon’ No Holiday for Crime (1974) x. 162 Mr. MacFarlane would be livid to have it [sc. whisky] impounded as evidence.
Hence ˈlividly adv., in a livid manner, with a livid tinge.
1819J. H. Wiffen Aonian Hours (1820) 58 Tinging the bough till lividly it grew All ashes. 1898J. Hutchinson in Arch. Surg. IX. 339 He looked lividly pale, but by no means absolutely blanched. |