White-livered

2 definitions found

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

  White-livered \White"-liv`ered\, a.
     Having a pale look; feeble; hence, cowardly; pusillanimous;
     dastardly.
  
     Syn: lily-livered. [1913 Webster]
  


                They must not be milksops, nor white-livered
                knights.                            --Latimer.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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