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
He is bald as a badger, and his hands are fantastically embossed with liver spots, gnarls and wrinkles.
From Golf Digest ● Apr. 7, 2020
Avedon was famous for zooming in on his subjects’ warts and wens and liver spots, and he comes in for a little of the same.
From New York Times ● Dec. 12, 2017
His bald head was speckled with liver spots, and his spectacles sat low on his nose.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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