# lividity

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. The state or quality of being livid.
2. A livid area of skin, such as a bruise, or as is often found on cadavers.
3. Livor mortis, suggillation.

## Etymology
From Middle English lividite, lyvydite, from Middle French lividité and its etymon Medieval Latin līviditās, from Latin līvidus (“livid”) + -tās (suffix forming abstract nouns). By surface analysis, livid + -ity.

## Source
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