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lividity

noun

Etymology

From Middle English lividite, lyvydite, from Middle French lividité and its etymon Medieval Latin līviditās, from Latin līvidus (“livid”) + -tās (suffix forming abstract nouns). By surface analysis, livid + -ity.

  1. derived from līvidus — “livid”
  2. derived from līviditās
  3. derived from lividité
  4. inherited from lividite,lyvydite

Definitions

  1. The state or quality of being livid.

  2. A livid area of skin, such as a bruise, or as is often found on cadavers.

  3. Livor mortis, suggillation.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for lividity. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA