Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having a liver (of the kind specified): used in composition: as, a poor-livered or fat-livered cod-fish.
  • Of some character attributed to a state of the liver: as, white-livered, lily-livered, milk-livered (all meaning ‘cowardly’).
  • Heavy or underbaked.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Having (such) a liver; used in composition.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective in combination Having (or having the characteristics associated with) a specified form of liver

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Examples

  • Dobbs responded (ala Joe McCarthy) by attacking "limp-minded, lily-livered lefties."

    Civil Rights 2010

  • You are a terrorist-shill with an agenda of 'Israel first and last'and you are a lily-livered coward.

    Bill aims to strip certain Americans of their citizenship 2010

  • Dobbs responded (ala Joe McCarthy) by attacking "limp-minded, lily-livered lefties."

    "Take Lou Dobbs off the air" 2009

  • Dobbs responded (ala Joe McCarthy) by attacking "limp-minded, lily-livered lefties."

    Media 2010

  • Dobbs responded (ala Joe McCarthy) by attacking "limp-minded, lily-livered lefties."

    "Take Lou Dobbs off the air" 2009

  • No. Oh, I am sure that there will be those who will defend this type of thing because when we are fighting terrorism all bets are off and that only lily-livered bleeding hearts would worry about things like the rule of law or other such silliness.

    Executive Action 2009

  • I am hugely skeptical of those opponents of DADT repeal who (at least implicitly) suggest that our men and women in uniform, who presently serve bravely alongside closeted gays, are so lily livered that they will get heebie jeebies at the thought of serving alongside colleagues who acknowledge being gay.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » DADT Repeal Soon? 2010

  • If they are not happy then lilly livered, workshy, uniform carrying cowards may take a ‘complaint’ from them which results in a little investigation with some words of advice.

    You Get What You Want – You Are Happy SHOCK! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010

  • John Herbison: I am hugely skeptical of those opponents of DADT repeal who (at least implicitly) suggest that our men and women in uniform, who presently serve bravely alongside closeted gays, are so lily livered that they will get heebie jeebies at the thought of serving alongside colleagues who acknowledge being gay.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » DADT Repeal Soon? 2010

  • Dobbs responded (ala Joe McCarthy) by attacking "limp-minded, lily-livered lefties."

    The Rev. Chuck Currie: 2009

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