You think lurid is bad, try nail down the definition of
'livid'.
Sean Shapiro
----- Original Message ---- From: Joy Matkowski <
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3:55:10 PM Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Re: Lurid!
Seeing that sentence, this copyeditor would try to figure out
what word the author had misspelled. Joy
Mark R. Harris gave a lurid definition:
> ghastly pale; "moonlight gave the statue a lurid
luminence"
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