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lily-livered Definition

lily-livered (lilē liv′ərd)

adjective

cowardly; timid

Etymology: first recorded in Shakespeare's Macbeth, V, iii

lily-livered Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • liberal: Today, we lily-livered liberals recoil in horror at the thought of such interference in other people's personal lives.

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