livid
/ˈlɪvɪd/LIH-vid
/ˈlɪvɪd/LIH-vid
Meaningbluish
Common meaning: furious
Other meanings: bluish from bruising
- livto be bluish, leaden-colouredLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1073 · scan
- idadjective ending: in a state of
Journey through time
- Latinlīveō, -ēre‘to be bluish, leaden-coloured’
- Frenchlivide
- Englishlivid‘furious’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin līveō ‘to be bluish, leaden-coloured’.
Roots
- līveō, -ēre Latin “to be bluish, leaden-coloured”
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