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lividity

lividity noun: the state or quality of being livid.

Noun

lividity (usually uncountable, plural lividities)

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

lividity meaning in Tamil

lividity in Tamil

கன்றல், நிறமாற்றம், கருமை

Synonyms of lividity

Forms of lividity

plurallividities

Origin of lividity

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.

Questions about lividity

What does lividity mean?
Lividity means the state or quality of being livid.
What is lividity in Tamil?
Lividity in Tamil is கன்றல், நிறமாற்றம், கருமை. See Lividity meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is lividity?
Lividity is a noun.
What is the plural of lividity?
The plural of lividity is lividities.

Words near lividity in the dictionary

  1. livications
  2. livid
  3. livider
  4. lividest
  5. lividities
  6. lividity
  7. lividly
  8. lividness
  9. lividnesses
  10. lividomycin
  11. Livie

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lividity (page history and authors); lividity (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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