Lily-livered
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Lily-livered is an adjective meaning (idiomatic) Cowardly, lacking courage.
Meaning
(idiomatic) Cowardly, lacking courage.
Example Sentences
Go pricke thy face, and ouer-red thy feare / Thou Lilly-liuer'd Boy.
Ho! Then you do your best, Lillie. No one could call you lily-livered!
But as for that lily-livered sneak—that poor lyin' swindlin' cringin' cur of a Clavering—who stands in my shoes—stands in my shoes, hang him!
Stew[ard],^([sic]) What doſt thou know me for? / Kent. […] [A] lilly lyuer'd action taking knaue, […] one that would'ſt bee a baud in way of good ſeruice, and art nothing but the compoſition of a knaue, begger, coward, pander, and the ſonne and heire of a mungrell bitch, […]
Synonyms for lily-livered
Depending on context, synonyms include white-livered, fearful, chicken, yellow-bellied, cowardly, chickenhearted.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cowardly, white-livered, coward, chickenhearted, fearful, yellow.
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