Defn: Black and blue; grayish blue; of a lead color; discolored, as flesh by contusion. Cowper. There followed no carbuncles, no purple or livid spots, the mass of the blood not being tainted. Bacon.
LIVIDITY
Li*vid"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. lividité.]
Defn: The state or quality of being livid.
LIVIDNESS
Liv"id*ness, n.
Defn: Lividity. Walpole.
LIVING
Liv"ing, a. Etym: [From Live, v. i.]
1. Being alive; having life; as, a living creature.
2. Active; lively; vigorous; — said esp. of states of the mind , and sometimes of abstract things; as, a living faith; a living principle. " Living hope. " Wyclif.
3. Issuing continually from the earth; running; flowing; as, a living spring; — opposed to stagnant.
4. Producing life, action, animation, or vigor; quickening. " Living light." Shak.