Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A livid or black-and-blue mark; a blow; a bruise; ecchymosis: also applied to the spots which occur in disease and in incipient putrefaction.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A livid, or black and blue, mark; a blow; a bruise.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A livid mark; a blow; a bruise.

Etymologies

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Latin suggillatio: compare French suggillation.

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