| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To discolor by the production of an ecchymosis, or effusion of blood, beneath the skin; -- chiefly used in the passive form; as, the parts were much ecchymosed.[Websters] 2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: ecchymosing, ecchymosed, ecchymoses, ecchymoser, ecchymosers, ecchymosingly and ecchymosedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "ECCHYMOSE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
