Livor
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈlaɪvɔː/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Livor is a noun meaning (pathology) Skin discoloration, as from a bruise, or occurring after death.
Meaning
(pathology) Skin discoloration, as from a bruise, or occurring after death.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) Malice.
Example Sentences
To see a man [...] magnify his friend unworthy with hyperbolical elogiums; his enemy, albeit a good man, to vilify and disgrace him, yea, all his actions, with the utmost livor and malice can invent.
Word Forms
- livors
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lividity, livedo, hypostasis, purpura, cyanosis, leucoderma.
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