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lil⋅y-liv⋅ered

  [lil-ee-liv-erd]
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–adjective
weak or lacking in courage; cowardly; pusillanimous.
Origin:
1595–1605; lily + liver 1 + -ed 3
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lil·y-liv·ered   (lĭl'ē-lĭv'ərd)
adj.  Cowardly; timid.

[From lily, pale, bloodless.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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lily-livered

  1. mod.
    cowardly. : That lily-livered guy is up hiding under his bed till this blows over.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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