Middle English Dictionary Entry
lī̆viditẹ̄ n.
Entry Info
| Forms | lī̆viditẹ̄ n. |
| Etymology | OF lividité & ML līviditas. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A bluish leaden color, lividness.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)38b/b : Sief rosatum is put of Jesu in þe capitle of liuidite, i. blonez [*Ch.(2): wannesse; L liuiditate], & sanie bihynde corneam.
- a1550 *Norton OAlch.(BodeMus 63)1835 : As it appeyreth..in men that be welnere dead, this wone, called lyuydite, in envious men vseth moch to be.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1484 Comment.Hippocrates (Trin-C R.14.52)407/731-2 : Of thiese accidencis, sum signifien deþ of membris or cold of hem and in like wise also lividite.
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