lily-livered

2 definitions found

lily-livered - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Lily-livered \Lil"y-liv`ered\ (l[i^]l"[y^]-l[i^]v`[~e]rd), a.
     White-livered; cowardly.
     [1913 Webster]

lily-livered - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  lily-livered
      adj 1: easily frightened [syn: chicken, chickenhearted,
             lily-livered, white-livered, yellow, yellow-  bellied
             ]