Word of the Day

Livid

September 8, 2023

livid

liv-id /  lĭv-ĭd

adjective 1. discolored as though bruised; black and blue His captor was Burton Duff, the jailer, as white as death and bearing upon his brow the livid mark of the iron bar. From “Present At A Hanging And Other Ghost Stories” by Ambrose Bierce, 1842 - 1914 2. very angry; furious Milady opened the letter with eagerness equal to Kitty's in bringing it; but at the first words she read she became livid. From “The Three Musketeers” by Alexandre Dumas, 1802 - 1870 3. deathly pale; wan; ashen; having a grayish tinge I looked on my cherished wishes, yesterday so blooming and glowing; they lay stark, chill, livid corpses that could never revive. From “Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Brontë, 1816 - 1865
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