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- \ \ see SLOE
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Livid — was an Australian alternative rock music festival, which was held annually from 1989 to 2003. The festival date was standardised as late October/early November since 1991 until 2003. While it has never been officially cancelled, no festivals have … Wikipedia
LiViD — LiViD, short for Linux Video and DVD, was a collection of projects that aim to create program tools and software libraries related to DVD for Linux operating system.In 2002, LiViD project leader Matthew Pavlovich was sued by the DVD Copy Control… … Wikipedia
livid — LIVÍD, Ă, livizi, de, adj. (Despre faţa omului) Vânăt, învineţit (de emoţie, de frig, de oboseală). ♦ fig. (Despre lumină) Slab, palid. – Din fr. livide, lat. lividus. Trimis de RACAI, 21.11.2003. Sursa: DEX 98 LIVÍD adj. învineţit, verde,… … Dicționar Român
livid — [adj1] pale, ashen ashy, blanched, bloodless, colorless, discolored, dusky, gloomy, greyish, grisly, leaden, lurid, murky, pallid, pasty, wan, waxen; concept 618 Ant. blushing, brilliant, flushed, radiant, rosy livid [adj2] bruised black and blue … New thesaurus
Livid — Liv id (l[i^]v [i^]d), a. [L. lividus, from livere to be of a blush color, to be black and blue: cf. F. livide.] 1. Black and blue; grayish blue; of a lead color; discolored, as flesh may be from a contusion. Cowper. [1913 Webster] There followed … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
livid — early 15c., of a bluish leaden color, from M.Fr. livide and directly from L. lividus of a bluish color, black and blue, figuratively envious, spiteful, malicious, from livere be bluish, earlier *slivere, from PIE *sliwo , suffixed form of root *… … Etymology dictionary
livid — The meaning that is more familiar today, ‘furiously angry’, is a recent one not recorded before the 20c. The earlier (17c) meaning, still in use, is ‘of a bluish leaden colour; discoloured by bruising’: • A huge, livid, recently healed scar ran… … Modern English usage
livid — [liv′id] adj. [< Fr or L: Fr livide < L lividus, akin to livere, to be black and blue < IE * (s)līwos < base * (s)li , bluish > SLOE, OSlav sliva, plum] 1. discolored by a bruise; black and blue 2. grayish blue; lead colored:… … English World dictionary
Livīd — (lat. lividus), bleifarbig, fahl; mißgünstig, neidisch … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Livid — Livīd (lat.), bleifarbig, fahl … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
livid — [lateinisch], Medizin: bläulich, fahl (bezogen auf krankhafte Verfärbungen von Haut und Schleimhaut). * * * li|vid, li|vi|de <Adj.; ...der, ...deste> [lat. lividus = bläulich]: 1. (Med.) bläulich, blassblau, fahl (von Haut u.… … Universal-Lexikon
