Livid \Liv"id\, a. [L. lividus, from livere to be of a blush color, to be black and blue: cf. F. livide.]

Black and blue; grayish blue; of a lead color; discolored, as flesh by contusion. --Cowper.

There followed no carbuncles, no purple or livid spots, the mass of the blood not being tainted. --Bacon.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)