white-livered

2 definitions found

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

  White-livered \White"-liv`ered\, a.
     Having a pale look; feeble; hence, cowardly; pusillanimous;
     dastardly.
  
     Syn: lily-livered. [1913 Webster]
  
                They must not be milksops, nor white-livered
                knights.                            --Latimer.
          [1913 Webster]

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

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