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white-livered

adjective

white-liv·ered | \ ˈhwīt-ˈli-vərd

How to pronounce white-livered (audio)

, ˈwit-\

Definition of white-livered

: pusillanimous, lily-livered

First Known Use of white-livered

1546, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for white-livered

from the former belief that the choleric temperament depends on the body's producing large quantities of yellow bile

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