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lily-livered

Meaning of "lily-livered" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF LILY-LIVERED

lily-livered


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LILY-LIVERED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lily-Livered is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES LILY-LIVERED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of lily-livered in the English dictionary

The definition of lily-livered in the dictionary is cowardly; timid.



WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LILY-LIVERED

lilliput · Lilliputian · lilly-pilly · Lilo · Lilongwe · lilt · lilting · liltingly · liltingness · lily · lily iron · lily of the valley · lily pad · lily-like · lily-trotter · lily-white

WORDS THAT END LIKE LILY-LIVERED

considered · covered · fevered · half-covered · half-silvered · hand-delivered · louvered · lovered · recovered · revered · rivered · snow-covered · tree-covered · unbeavered · uncovered · undelivered · undiscovered · unrecovered · unsevered · well-covered · white-livered

Synonyms and antonyms of lily-livered in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «LILY-LIVERED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «lily-livered» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «lily-livered» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LILY-LIVERED

Find out the translation of lily-livered to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of lily-livered from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lily-livered» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

百合胆小
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

livered - lily
570 millions of speakers
en

English

lily-livered
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

लिली कायर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

زنبق الفؤاد -
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

лилия - ставлены
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

lírio - livered
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

ভীরু
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

poltron
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Lily-livered
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

memmenhaft
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

臆病な
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

백합 livered
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Lily-livered
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sợ sệt
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

லில்லி-livered
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

लिली-जिवंत
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

korkak
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

codardo
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

lily - livered
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

лілія - ставлени
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

fricos
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φοβητσιάρικα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lelie - oorgelewer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lily - levererade
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lilje - livered
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lily-livered

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LILY-LIVERED»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lily-livered

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LILY-LIVERED»

Discover the use of lily-livered in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lily-livered and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Pleasure Police: How Bluenose Busybodies and ...
The media critic for the "Los Angeles Times" offers a defense of the pleasures of life, mocking the self-righteous crusades of those out to ruin the fun for everyone else
David Shaw, 1996
2
Lily-livered Prince
Kalvitas is desperate to become a military hero.
Christopher William Hill, 2014
3
No Lily-Livered Girl
May Tarrant is fourteen, it's 1912 and she's apprenticed to a dressmaker in Hamilton. Her working day is wearisome and she is homesick, but May is no lily-livered girl, she has the strength to cope with many new experiences.
Phyllis Johnston, 1993
4
How Proverbs Mean: Semantic Studies in English Proverbs
Common short examples of these traditional genres are: You lily-livered sap- sucker (curse), Put your money where your mouth is (taunt), My pappy was a pistol, I'm a son of a gun (boast). These genres often contain multiple potentially free ...
Neal R. Norrick, 1985
5
The Merriam-Webster New Book of Word Histories
[Lilliput, imaginary country in Swift's Gulliver's Travels (1726) inhabited by people six inches high + E -ian] lily-livered White is a color associated with fear. A badly frightened person may turn pale — "white as a sheet." But the sudden fright that ...
‎1991
6
Macbeth
15 lily-livered . . according to contemporary beliefs, the liver, the repository of blood, was considered the seat of courage; in a timid person the liver would be lacking in blood (and therefore in courage) and would be white/pale as the lily.
Shakespeare, Shakespeare William, 2009
7
Weekly World News
By MARK MILLER BOWBELLS, N.D. - Although cowardly people are sometimes referred to as 'lily- livered/ it's just an idiomatic expression - or so Dr. Chris Danison thought before he encountered Andrew McAllister. "I noticed an irregularity in ...
8
WORLD CONTEMPORARY POEMS Including "TWO SISTERS EXCHANGE RINGS"
oF. lily-livereD. Followers. So saddled in a solid social compact, In the saddle in communal contract, For love, support, and challenge, To tread along the path of change. Why brood seeing the crown in the dock For letting you carry the burden  ...
Ahmed Inusa, 2013
9
Camwood at Crossroads
Brothers and sisters, let us take wisdom from our glorious past, oh, you lily-livered people! Yes, I say people, because it's getting too late for you to change. You must act now upon yourselves, or you have yourselves to blame. Learn to restore  ...
Femi Euba, 2007
10
Back to Reason
@apter. Forty-eight. THE. BLOOD. DRAW. AND. LILY-LIVERED. CHAS. Reason has a warm heart. No poll has yet been taken to find out if its hands are cold, but its heart is definitely warm. A few years ago, Mac McWilliams was diagnosed ...
Anne Caryl, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LILY-LIVERED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lily-livered is used in the context of the following news items.
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Rumpus Chumpus Trumpus | RAGING MODERATE - Bainbridge …
Sure, he and some of his brands were dropped by a couple of lily-livered corporations like Univision, Farouk Systems, NASCAR, Serta, the ... «Bainbridge Island Review, Jul 15»
2
Column: Mr. President, on behalf of an ungrateful nation, thank you …
Obama has weathered a recession, invisible racism, a reckless Republican Congress, a lily-livered Democratic Party, attacks from the richest ... «Lincoln Journal Star, Jul 15»
3
My Obama column had a mistake: Racism is not invisible … - WMAR
Obama has weathered a recession, invisible racism, a reckless Republican Congress, a lily-livered Democratic Party, attacks from the richest ... «ABC2 News, Jul 15»
4
Mr. President, on behalf of ungrateful nation, thanks
Obama has weathered a recession, invisible racism, a reckless Republican Congress, a lily-livered Democratic Party, attacks from the richest ... «Tallahassee.com, Jul 15»
5
Mr. President, on behalf of an ungrateful nation, thank you
Obama has weathered a recession, invisible racism, a reckless Republican Congress, a lily-livered Democratic Party, attacks from the richest ... «10News, Jul 15»
6
Chetan Bhagat, Twitter Trolls And Some Gentle Advice
Modi himself has followed many such damaged, lily-livered bullies. "Right-wing trolls are brilliantly organised, with a sharp sense for collective ... «Huffington Post India, Jul 15»
7
Anthony Griffin: NSW is scared of the Maroons
... of being intimidated when NSW dominated the pre Origin era. Long may the current mindset continue. No time for lily-livered NSW players? «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
8
Short Documentary of Europe's Muslim Holocaust
Mladic bet correctly that the international community was too lily-livered to carry out its pledge to protect the enclave. It is what happened next ... «Aquila Style, Jul 15»
9
LETTER: A27 – it's all talk
So why has this project first proposed 50 years ago not come to fruition, no money, lily-livered politicians, tree huggers, toad kissers, nimbys, ... «Bognor Regis Observer, Jul 15»
10
Hottest July day in the UK
Just before you start chuckling at the lily-livered Brits not being able to cope with temperatures which are much lower than we get in Qatar, let's ... «Gulf Times, Jul 15»
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