n. Skin discoloration, as from a bruise, or occurring after death.
n. Malice.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Malignity.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Envy; malignity.
n. plural The parts of skin in a corpse discolored by the hypostatic accumulation of blood.
n. Lividity; the mark of a blow.
Word Usage
"The paramedics checked for lividity—the livor mortis that occurs when the heart stops beating and blood sinks to the lowest part of the body, eventually leaving fixed purplish-red stains or striated marks there."