WHITE-LIVERED


Meaning of WHITE-LIVERED in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˈli-vərd ]

adjective

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

Date: 1549

: pusillanimous , lily-livered

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.