Meanings
plural lividities
- uncountableusuallyThe state or quality of being livid.
- uncountableusuallyLivor mortis, suggillation.
Synonyms & antonyms
noununnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinlīvidus“livid”
- Medieval Latinlīviditās
- Middle Frenchlividité
- Middle Englishlividite, lyvydite
- Englishlividity
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.
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Chinese Mandarin 鐵青 /铁青, 黃萎病 /黄萎病
- 鐵青 /铁青 (tiěqīng)state or quality of being livid
- 黃萎病 /黄萎病 (huángwěibìng)livid area of skin
Finnish mustelmaisuus, lautuneisuus
- mustelmaisuusstate or quality of being livid
- lautuneisuusstate or quality of being livid
- mustelmalivid area of skin
- lautumalivid area of skin
Russian синю́шность, циано́з
- синю́шность (sinjúšnostʹ)state or quality of being livid
- циано́з (cianóz)livid area of skin
Cite this entry
lividity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lividity
“lividity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lividity. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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