livid

livid（lívɪd）

early 15c., "of a bluish-leaden color," from Old French livide (13c.) and directly from Latin 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 *sleiə- "bluish" (source also of Old Church Slavonic and Russian sliva "plum;" Lithuanian slyvas "plum;" Old Irish li, Welsh lliw "color, splendor," Old English sla "sloe").

Somehow it has come to be associated with "pale, colorless." The sense of "furiously angry" (1912) is from the notion of being livid with rage. Perhaps this is the key to the meaning shift. Rage makes some dark-red-faced; purple with rage is not uncommon in old novels (" 'My money! ye pirate! or I'll strangle you.' And he advanced upon him purple with rage, and shot out his long threatening arm, and brown fingers working in the air.") while it makes others go pale, also a figure in old novels ("At this juncture, the door opened, and, pale with rage, her eyes flashing fire, Lady Audley stood before them.")

「リビドーのため 鉛色。」

形容詞

鉛色の，土色の.

a

〈傷など〉青黒い.

livid bruises 青黒いあざ[傷あと].

b

叙述的用法の形容詞 〈顔など〉〔打ち身・寒さなどで〕青黒くなって 〔with〕.

His face was livid with anger [cold]. 彼の顔は怒って[寒さで]土色になった.

《口語》 ひどく怒った.

lividly 副詞