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[ lil-ee-liv-erd ] / ˈlɪl iˈlɪv ərd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR lily-livered ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveweak or lacking in courage; cowardly; pusillanimous. Origin of lily-liveredFirst recorded in 1595–1605; lily + liver1 + -ed3 Words nearby lily-liveredlilt, lily, Lilyan, lily family, lily iron, lily-livered, lily-of-the-Nile, lily of the valley, lily pad, lily-trotter, lilyturf Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for lily-liveredWe must get over this dovish thing, this lily-livered and feline urge to withdraw from battle. Only Iraq Can Save Itself From Chaos|Jay Parini|June 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST Reagan benefited by being sandwiched between two pols frequently mocked as lily-livered. Obama and Syria: Fighting the Wimp Factor|Gil Troy|September 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST "It's well enough for lily-livered, goose-fleshed lawyers to hold their tongues when men and soldiers talk," I retorted. To Have and To Hold|Mary Johnston It was the tone best understood by hinds of their lily-livered quality. The Shame of Motley|Raphael Sabatini
What lily-livered curs those boys must have been not to have told the truth! An Autobiography|Anthony Trollope It happened in the last year of Cartouche's supremacy that a lily-livered comrade fell in love with a pretty dressmaker. A Book of Scoundrels|Charles Whibley Its well enough for lily-livered, goose-fleshed lawyers to hold their tongues when men and soldiers talk, I retorted. By order of the company|Mary Johnston
British Dictionary definitions for lily-liveredCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to lily-liveredafraid, chicken, fainthearted, gutless, timid, yellow |