English Explanatory Dictionary

lividity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Word forms

lividity lividities

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.

Synonyms

lividness

Related words

livid lividly

Translations

Chinese Mandarin: 黃萎病 /黄萎病 Finnish: mustelma Finnish: lautuma Russian: циано́з
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