lividity

[ li-vid-i-tee ]

noun
  1. a discolored, bluish appearance caused by a bruise, pooling of blood due to congestion of blood vessels, strangulation, etc.: When the dead person is lying on their back, lividity will form on the buttocks, back, or backs of the legs.

  2. a grayish or ashen appearance of the face; pallor: The traditional ghost image usually involves a certain paleness of the face—a corpselike lividity.

  1. furious anger: When the generator they’d ordered arrived late and then failed to work, her lividity knew no bounds.

  2. a reddish appearance of the face, as from strong emotion or embarrassment: I was on the shore with my parents, watching the sky flush scarlet with a hue like lividity rising to an angry face.

Origin of lividity

1
First recorded in 1400–50; from Late Latin lividitas, equivalent to Latin līvid(us) “black and blue” + -itās -ity; see livid
  • Sometimes liv·id·ness [liv-id-nis] /ˈlɪv ɪd nɪs/ .

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