liver

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A large organ in the body that stores and metabolizes nutrients, destroys toxins and produces bile. It is responsible for thousands of biochemical reactions.
2. (countable, uncountable) This organ, as taken from animals used as food.
3. (countable, uncountable) A dark brown colour, tinted with red and gray, like the colour of liver.
4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Any of various chemical compounds—particularly sulfides—thought to resemble livers in color.

Adj

Of the colour of liver (dark brown, tinted with red and gray).

Adj

comparative form of live: more live

live

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlɪvə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: lyvere

Inherited from Old English: lifer

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Líeuwer

Cognate with Western Frisian: lever

Cognate with Dutch: lever

Cognate with German: Leber

Cognate with Danish: -

Cognate with Norwegian: -

Cognate with Swedish: lever

Cognate with Old Norse: lifr

In summary

From Middle English lyvere, lyver, from Old English lifer (“liver”), from Proto-West Germanic *libru, from Proto-Germanic *librō, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to smear, smudge, stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *ley- (“to be slimy, be sticky, glide”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Líeuwer, Lieuwer (“liver”), West Frisian lever (“liver”), Dutch lever (“liver”), German Leber (“liver”), Danish, Norwegian and Swedish lever (“liver”) (the last three from Old Norse lifr (“liver”)). Related to live.

Synonyms

heart

❤️

liver-colored

inhabitant

hepar

stomach

dweller

lungs

🫁

inmate

innards

jaundice

kidney

kidneys

belly

lung

milt

nature

pancreas

resident

tenant

valve

inner part

clicket

digestive system

indweller

lodger

burgess

burgher

clique

courage

darkness

denizen