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white-livered

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white-liv·ered (hwtlvrd, wt-)
adj.
Cowardly.
[From the notion that a deficiency of bile caused a pale liver and lack of vigor or courage.]
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Adj.1.white-liveredwhite-livered - easily frightened
chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, yellow-bellied, yellow
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
cowardly, fearful - lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted; "cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelley


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