lividness

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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

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; Cyanō′sis, morbid lividness of the skin, blue jaundice.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

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

"Indeed!" said he; but this time the word was uttered in a faint voice, while a pallor that was almost lividness colored his dark features.

From Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas by Lever, Charles James

Pale and livid combs are as certain a sign of bad health in fowls, as the paleness or lividness of the lips is in human beings.

From Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. by Piper, Hugh