liver spots

[ liv-er ]

noun

, Pathology.

1. a form of chloasma in which irregularly shaped light-brown spots occur on the skin.

Word History and Origins

Origin of liver spots¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

“It was then a sump of aged men with liver spots, claws, and bourbon breath, who strode the chamber with reptilian gait and hailed one another with mellifluent courtesies.”

From Los Angeles Times

Also known as liver spots, these rounded, bloblike, flat pigmented areas collect on the face and hands and add years to a person’s appearance.

From Seattle Times

He was a squat, bulldoggish man with liver spots on his nose and jowls.

From Literature

His eyes are glistening beads under bushy eyebrows, spittle dribbles down his scraggly beard, liver spots decorate his weathered face.

From New York Times

To protect herself from Cassini over the months of shooting in Acapulco, she became the “girlfriend” of the associate producer, a man with liver spots, a wife and grown children.

From Washington Post