Main Entry: liv·id

Pronunciation: \ˈli-vəd\

Function: adjective

Etymology: French livide, from Latin lividus, from livēre to be blue; akin to Welsh lliw color and probably to Russian sliva plum

Date: 1622

1 : discolored by bruising : black-and-blue <the livid traces of the sharp scourges — Abraham Cowley>
2 : ashen, pallid <this cross, thy livid face, thy pierced hands and feet — Walt Whitman>
3 : reddish <a fan of gladiolas blushed livid under the electric letters — Truman Capote>
4 : very angry : enraged <was livid at his son's disobedience>

— li·vid·i·ty \li-ˈvi-də-tē\ noun

— liv·id·ness \ˈli-vəd-nəs\ noun