lividness
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Cy′anite, a mineral composed of alumina and silica, generally sky-blue; Cyanom′eter, an instrument for measuring the degrees of blueness of the sky or ocean; CyanÅ′sis, morbid lividness of the skin, blue jaundice.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
The start, and the sudden lividness of the other’s countenance plainly visible in the moonlight, were answer enough.
From Dorrien of Cranston by Mitford, Bertram
She saw the face pale to lividness and the lips stiffen, but except for that, the man made no movement, and for some ten seconds he did not speak.
From The Tyranny of Weakness by Stahr, Paul
The face is fearsome pale and of an immovable waxen lividness, in which the purple lips fall slightly apart.
From Dramatic Technique by Baker, George Pierce
Then daylight came and the statue took on in succession the rosy lividness of the dawn and the gilded reflection of the sun.
From Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite by Lou?s, Pierre
