-livered
adjective
(in combination) having a liver of the type specified
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lily-livered
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white-livered
-livered
adjective combining form
: expressing vigor or courage considered suggestive of one with (such) a liver
chicken-livered
lily-livered
adjective combining form
: expressing vigor or courage considered suggestive of one with (such) a liver
chicken-livered
lily-livered
-livered
combining form.
having a _____ liver or livers: Fat-livered codfish = codfish that have fat livers.
having the characteristics (formerly attributed to a state of the liver) of: Lily-livered = having the characteristics of a lily (cowardly).