livid
very angry
TRANSLATION
wütend, außer sich vor Wut
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"The Conservatives will be feeling much more pleased with themselves this morning. They were absolutely LIVID with the broadcasters for suggesting that those signatures on a promise to have a referendum on whether Britain should remain a member of the European Union was somehow a "Eurosplit" story for them again."
(BBC News, 16 May 2001)
(BBC News, 16 May 2001)
Did you
know?
Did you know?
"Livid" has a colorful history. The Latin adjective "lividus" means "dull, grayish, or leaden blue." From this came the French "livide," and eventually the English "livid," which originally was used to describe flesh discolored by a bruise.
By the end of the 18th century, a slight extension of meaning had given it the sense "ashen or pallid," as in describing a corpse. "Livid" eventually came to be used in this sense to characterize the complexion of a person pale with anger ("livid with rage"). From this meaning came two new senses in the 20th century. One was "reddish," as one is as likely to become red with anger as pale; the other was simply "angry" or "furious," the most common sense of the word today.
(Source: Merriam-Webster)
"Livid" has a colorful history. The Latin adjective "lividus" means "dull, grayish, or leaden blue." From this came the French "livide," and eventually the English "livid," which originally was used to describe flesh discolored by a bruise.
By the end of the 18th century, a slight extension of meaning had given it the sense "ashen or pallid," as in describing a corpse. "Livid" eventually came to be used in this sense to characterize the complexion of a person pale with anger ("livid with rage"). From this meaning came two new senses in the 20th century. One was "reddish," as one is as likely to become red with anger as pale; the other was simply "angry" or "furious," the most common sense of the word today.
(Source: Merriam-Webster)
