white-livered

See also: white livered

English

Adjective

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

  1. Lily-livered; cowardly.
    • 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 39:
      Some evil fellows said behind his back that Beowulf was white-livered and a slacker.
  2. Malicious.
  3. Having a pale look, once thought to be caused by a white liver.
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