lily-livered

Betekenis (Engels)

Cowardly, lacking courage.

Sinonieme

white-livered

cowardly

chickenhearted

timid

chicken

🐔

yellow

yellow-bellied

apprehensive

trepid

faint-hearted

blate

poor-spirited

fearful

😨

frosty

Vertalings

poltron

laf

codardo

cagat

jaune

poulet

🐔

cobarde

covard

temeroso

😨

gallina

🐔

poruc

Etimologie (Engels)

The first known uses of lily-livered are in William Shakespeare’s works written c. 1603–1606; see quotations below. From the medieval belief that the liver was the seat of courage, and the pale color of the lily flower. A person who had no blood in their liver would have no courage and would thus be a coward. Equivalent to lily + livered.