[liv.id] adj [F livide, fr. L lividus, fr. livere to be blue; akin to W lliw color and prob. to Russ sliva plum] (1622) 1: discolored by bruising: black-and-blue "the ~ traces of the sharp scourges --Abraham Cowley"
2: ashen, pallid "this cross, thy ~ face, thy pierced hands and feet --Walt Whitman"
3: reddish "a fan of gladiolas blushed ~ under the electric letters --Truman Capote"
4: very angry: enraged "was ~ at his son's disobedience" -- li.vid.i.ty n -- liv.id.ness n