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LIVIDNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)
Synonyms:
achromasia; lividity; lividness; luridness; paleness; pallidness; pallor; wanness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("lividness" is a kind of...):
complexion; skin color; skin colour (the coloring of a person's face)
Derivation:
livid (anemic looking from illness or emotion)
livid (discolored by coagulation of blood beneath the skin)
