n. A livid area of skin, such as a bruise, or as is often found on cadavers.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The state or quality of being livid.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The state of being livid; the peculiar darkness of color exhibited by bruised flesh.
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n. unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)
n. a state of fury so great the face becomes discolored
Word Usage
"She would have been dead for a number of hours, then there would have been post-mortem evidence of signs, such as lividity, discoloration after death, and stiffness after death, and those were not present."