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white livered

white livered is the alternative form of white-livered.

Meaning of white-livered

Adjective

white-livered (comparative more white-livered, superlative most white-livered)

  1. (archaic) Lily-livered; cowardly.
    • Some evil fellows said behind his back that Beowulf was white-livered and a slacker.1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 39
  2. (archaic) Malicious.
  3. (archaic) Having a pale look, once thought to be caused by a white liver.

Forms of white livered

comparativemore white livered
superlativemost white livered

Questions about white livered

What is white livered the alternative form of?
White livered is the alternative form of white-livered.

Words near white livered in the dictionary

  1. white line fever
  2. white liquor
  3. white liquors
  4. white list
  5. white lists
  6. white livered
  7. white lives matter
  8. white lobster
  9. white lotus
  10. white maggot
  11. white maggots

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