Lily-livered

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lily-livered \Lil"y-liv`ered\ (l[i^]l"[y^]-l[i^]v`[~e]rd), a.
     White-livered; cowardly.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  lily-livered
       adj : easily frightened [syn: {chicken}, {chickenhearted}, {white-livered},
              {yellow}, {yellow-bellied}]