LIVID
What does "LIVID" mean?
Furiously angry, or discolored to a dull blue-grey as from a bruise.
Meanings
- Extremely angry; enraged. She was livid when she found her car had been towed.
- Of a dull, leaden blue-grey color, as a bruise or a corpse. A livid welt rose across his forearm where the branch had struck.
- Ashen or pale, drained of color (especially of the face). He went livid at the sight of the blood. formal
Word origin
From Latin 'lividus' (bluish, black-and-blue), from 'livere' (to be discolored), via French 'livide' into English in the 17th century.
Remember it
LIVID hides 'LIVE' - you go livid when something makes your blood run hot enough to feel alive with rage.
A little poem
The bruise and the temper share one hue:
a storm-cloud purple bleeding into blue.
couplet
Wordplay
- The artist was livid - both because the gallery rejected him and because they painted over his bruise-colored masterpiece.
What it teaches
The same word for rage names a bruise: anger is just a wound that hasn't surfaced yet.
Quick facts
What does LIVID mean?
Furiously angry, or discolored to a dull blue-grey as from a bruise.
Is LIVID a valid word?
Yes — LIVID is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is LIVID?
LIVID has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does LIVID come from?
From Latin 'lividus' (bluish, black-and-blue), from 'livere' (to be discolored), via French 'livide' into English in the 17th century.
What can LIVID teach us?
The same word for rage names a bruise: anger is just a wound that hasn't surfaced yet.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.