LURIDLY

luridly

(adverb) in a lurid manner; “it was luridly described in the book as the place where mystics took refuge”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adverb

luridly (comparative more luridly, superlative most luridly)

In a lurid manner, in a way that contains gauche details or is intended to shock or horrify.

The details of the crime were luridly and sensationally described.

Source: Wiktionary

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LURID

Lu"rid, a. Etym: [L. luridus.]

1. Pale yellow; ghastly pale; wan; gloomy; dismal. Fierce o'er their beauty blazed the lurid flame. Thomson. Wrapped in drifts of lurid smoke On the misty river tide. Tennyson.

2. (Bot.)

Definition: Having a brown color tonged with red, as of flame seen through smoke.

3. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Of a color tinged with purple, yellow, and gray.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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