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lily-livered definition

lily-livered (lil′ē liv′ərd)

adjective

cowardly; timid

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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