Livid

 WORD OF THE DAY

livid / adjective / LIV-id

Definition
1a: discolored by bruising
1b: black-and-blue
2: ashen, pallid
3: reddish
4a: very angry
4b: enraged

Examples
"… consumers … were livid about high gas prices. Gas in some markets topped $4 a gallon."
— Beth Musgrave, The Lexington (Kentucky) Herald Leader, 26 May 2011

Upon discovering that the men’s soccer team got cute team sweaters, even after losing their last game, Whitney is livid and makes her way to the men’s locker room to showcase how much more money gets poured on the men’s team than women’s.
— Ashley Bardhan, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2021

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 was used to describe flesh discolored by a bruise when it was first recorded in the early 17th century.
A slight extension of meaning gave it the sense "ashen or pallid," as used 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.