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livors

livors is the plural of livor.

Meaning of livor

Noun

livor (countable and uncountable, plural livors)

  1. Skin discoloration, as from a bruise, or occurring after death.
  2. (obsolete) Malice.
    • 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.1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC

Questions about livors

What is livors the plural of?
Livors is the plural of livor.

Words near livors in the dictionary

  1. livor
  2. livor mortis
  3. Livornian
  4. Livornians
  5. Livorno
  6. livors
  7. livraison
  8. livraisons
  9. livre
  10. livre tournois
  11. livres

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