OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 23909

livid

/ˈlɪvɪd/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
lívido
Having a dark, bluish appearance.
In [J. M. W.] Turner's distinctive work, colour is scarcely acknowledged unless under influences of sunshine. The sunshine is his treasure; his lividest gloom contains it; his grey…
When all the surroundings were thus rendered as brilliant as possible, so that the corpse looked more livid and ghastly by comparison, I seated myself once more, and prepared to re…