单词 | liver-hearted |
释义 | > as lemmasliver-hearted liver-hearted adj. cowardly; cf. lily-livered adj. at lily adj. b. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [adjective] arghc885 heartlessOE bloodlessc1225 coward1297 faintc1300 nesha1382 comfortless1387 pusillanimousa1425 faint-heartedc1440 unheartyc1440 cowardous1480 hen-hearteda1529 cowardish1530 feigningc1540 white-livered1546 cowardly1551 faceless1567 pusillanime1570 liver-hearted1571 cowish1579 cowardise1582 coward-like1587 faint-heart1590 courageless1593 sheep-like1596 white-hearted1598 milky1602 milk-livered1608 undaring1611 lily-livereda1616 yarrow1616 flightful1626 chicken-hearted1629 poltroon1649 cow-hearted1660 whey-blooded1675 unbravea1681 nimble-heeled1719 dunghill1775 shrimp-hearted1796 chicken-livered1804 white-feathered1816 pluckless1821 chicken-spirited1822 milk-blooded1822 cowardy1836 yellow1856 yellow-livered1857 putty-hearted1872 uncourageous1878 chicken1883 piker1901 yellow-bellied1907 manso1932 scaredy-cat1933 chickenshit1940 cold-footed1944 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xiii. 1) He complayneth not of the miserie of a fewe dayes, as the tender and liver-harted sort [L. pusillanimes] are wont to doe. 1611 W. Vaughan Spirit of Detraction v. ix. 207 The liuer-hearted Yeomen very dutifully obeyed, went along with them, all the way begging for grace and fauour. 1789 C. Shillito Man of Enterprise ii. iii. 27 Although I carry about this paltry livery, I am none of your liver-hearted lacquies. 1897 R. D. Blackmore Dariel liii. 468 If thou art too liver-hearted to avenge thy father's wrongs. 1989 San Francisco Chron. (Nexis) 29 Dec. (Sports section) d4 A loss on those liver-hearted Oilers. < as lemmas |
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