white-livered

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English[edit]

Adjective[edit]

white-livered (comparative more white-livered, superlative most white-livered) (archaic)

  1. Lily-livered; cowardly.
  2. Malicious.
  3. Having a pale look, once thought to be caused by a white liver.
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