liver spots

American  

[liv-er] / ˈlɪv ər /

noun

Pathology.

1. a form of chloasma in which irregularly shaped light-brown spots occur on the skin.

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Etymology

Origin of liver spots

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

“It was then a sump of aged men with liver spots, claws, and bourbon breath, who strode the chamber with reptilian gait and hailed one another with mellifluent courtesies.”

From Los Angeles Times

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

He was a squat, bulldoggish man with liver spots on his nose and jowls.

From Literature

His eyes are glistening beads under bushy eyebrows, spittle dribbles down his scraggly beard, liver spots decorate his weathered face.

From New York Times

They are knobby and crooked, thin-skinned, and—like my ruined face—covered with liver spots.

From Literature