LIVIDITY

lividness, lividity, luridness, paleness, pallidness, pallor, wanness, achromasia

(noun) unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)

lividity

(noun) a state of fury so great the face becomes discolored

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

lividity (usually uncountable, plural lividities)

(uncountable) The state or quality of being livid.

(countable) A livid area of skin, such as a bruise, or as is often found on cadavers.

(uncountable) Livor mortis, suggillation.

Synonyms

• lividness

Source: Wiktionary


Li*vid"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. lividité.]

Definition: The state or quality of being livid.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

21 April 2025

ENCYCLOPEDIA

(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty


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