liver spots
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of liver spots
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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I checked my teeth in the visor mirror and was immediately horrified by thick saggy jowls, eye bags and liver spots.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Also known as liver spots, these rounded, bloblike, flat pigmented areas collect on the face and hands and add years to a person’s appearance.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 2021
His eyes are glistening beads under bushy eyebrows, spittle dribbles down his scraggly beard, liver spots decorate his weathered face.
From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2020
He is bald as a badger, and his hands are fantastically embossed with liver spots, gnarls and wrinkles.
From Golf Digest ● Apr. 7, 2020
He paused and for a moment seemed to study his hands, which were riddled with liver spots and trembled at times: Nels suffered from an advancing neurasthenia.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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