white-livered \ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\adjective Etymology:white (I) + livered; from the former belief that the choleric temperament depends on the body's producing large quantities of yellow bile : deficient in vigor and courage : cowardly, pusillanimous < a white-livered backslider > < born white-livered >