early 15c., "of a bluish-leaden color," from Middle French livide 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 *(s)leie- "bluish" (cognates: Old Church Slavonic and Russian sliva "plum;" Lithuanian slywas "plum;" Old Irish li, Welsh lliw "color, splendor," Old English sla "sloe"). The sense of "furiously angry" (1912) is from the notion of being livid with rage.
例文
1. The scarred side of his face was a livid red.
彼の傷跡のある横顔は青々と赤くなっていた。
2.It-girl Tamara Beckwith was livid at being turned away from the party.
交際花タマラ?ベックウェイはパーティーで冷遇されたことに怒った。
3.She is livid that I have invited Dick.
彼女は私がディックを招いたので怒った。
4.They kept me waiting for half an hour-"annoyed "wasn 't the word for it，I was livid ！
彼らは私を30分待たせた—「怒る」という言葉をここに使っても足りず、私は怒った。
5. Miss Su's face livid , she said, " Don't be ridiculous!