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Webster 1913 Edition
Livid
Liv′id
(lĭv′ĭd)
, Adj.
[L.
lividus
, from livere
to be of a blush color, to be black and blue: cf. F. livide
.] 1.
Black and blue; grayish blue; of a lead color; discolored, as flesh may be from a contusion.
Cowper.
There followed no carbuncles, no purple or
livid
spots, the mass of the blood not being tainted. Bacon.
Webster 1828 Edition
Livid
LIV'ID
,Adj.
Black and blue; of a lead color; discolored, as flesh by contusion.
Upon my livid lips bestow a kiss.