livid
(adjective) furiously angry; “willful stupidity makes him absolutely livid”
livid
(adjective) (of a light) imparting a deathlike luminosity; “livid lightning streaked the sky”; “a thousand flambeaux...turned all at once that deep gloom into a livid and preternatural day”- E.A.Poe
ashen, blanched, bloodless, livid, white
(adjective) anemic looking from illness or emotion; “a face turned ashen”; “the invalid’s blanched cheeks”; “tried to speak with bloodless lips”; “a face livid with shock”; “lips...livid with the hue of death”- Mary W. Shelley; “lips white with terror”; “a face white with rage”
livid, black-and-blue
(adjective) discolored by coagulation of blood beneath the skin; “beaten black and blue”; “livid bruises”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
livid (comparative livider or more livid, superlative most livid)
Having a dark, bluish appearance.
Pale, pallid.
(informal) So angry that one turns pale; very angry; furious.
• (dark, bluish appearance): See also bluish and purplish
• (pallid): See also pallid
• (very angry): See also angry
Source: Wiktionary
Liv"id, a. Etym: [L. lividus, from livere to be of a blush color, to be black and blue: cf. F. livide.]
Definition: Black and blue; grayish blue; of a lead color; discolored, as flesh by contusion. Cowper. There followed no carbuncles, no purple or livid spots, the mass of the blood not being tainted. Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
