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

9 May 2024

CONSECRATION

(noun) (religion) sanctification of something by setting it apart (usually with religious rites) as dedicated to God; “the Cardinal attended the consecration of the church”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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