livor

li·vor
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UK/ˈlaɪvɔː/US/ˈlaɪvɔəɹ/US/ˈlaɪvɔɹ/US/ˈlaɪvəɹ/

noun

Skin discoloration, as from a bruise, or occurring after death.

OriginLatin līvor ← Proto-Italic *slīwēō ← Proto-Indo-European *(s)lih₃-wó- →
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Meanings

nounlivor (countable and uncountable, plural livors)

plural livors

  1. countableuncountablemedicineSkin discoloration, as from a bruise, or occurring after death.
  2. countableobsoleteuncountableMalice.

    To see a man [...] magnify his friend unworthy with hyperbolical elogiums; his enemy, albeit a good man, to vilify and disgrace him, yea, all his actions, with the utmost livor and malice can invent.

    1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)leh₃y-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(s)lih₃-wó-
  3. Proto-Italic*slīwēō
  4. Latinlīveō
  5. Latinlīvor
  6. Englishlivor

Borrowed from Latin līvor.

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APA

livor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/livor

MLA

“livor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/livor. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “livor,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/livor.

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