Of an unhealthy, unwholesome colour; livid, leaden-hued. Applied esp. to wounds, to the human face discoloured by disease, and to corpses. Obsolete.
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释义 | the world > health and disease > ill health > blemish > [adjective] > discoloured (8) wanc700 Of an unhealthy, unwholesome colour; livid, leaden-hued. Applied esp. to wounds, to the human face discoloured by disease, and to corpses. Obsolete. blaec1325 esp. Applied to the complexion or colour of the human body, as affected by cold, or contusion: Livid. Hence black and blae (now altered to black and… bluec1390 Of the skin: having a bluish or leaden colour, esp. as a result of reduced circulation or oxygenation of the blood (as in exposure to cold or… swarta1400 Dark in colour; black or blackish; dusky, swarthy. Livid through suffering or emotion. Obsolete. livid?a1425 Of a bluish- or purplish-grey colour. pinch-spotteda1616 covered with marks made by pinches. jaundiced1640 Affected with jaundice; coloured yellow. blue in the face1792 blue in the face: (used hyperbolically) blue-faced or livid with anger, excitement, effort, etc.; now usually in to do something till (also until) one… |
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