Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a hot temper; fiery-tempered; irascible; excitable.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of an excitable or irritable temperament; irascible.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective archaic Of an
excitable orirritable temperament ;irascible .
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Examples
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It was not his fault if Barker deceived him, and if that hot-livered Swede was angry.
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'A damned hot-livered roundhead coxcomb! 'said lord Worcester to himself, pacing his room.
St. George and St. Michael Volume II George MacDonald 1864
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'A damned hot-livered roundhead coxcomb! 'said lord Worcester to himself, pacing his room.
St. George and St. Michael George MacDonald 1864
hernesheir commented on the word hot-livered
hot-headed
January 28, 2013