| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. White-livered; cowardly; timorous.[Websters] 2. Being fainthearted or poor-spirited. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being faint-hearted, cowardly, pusillanimous, dastardly or funky. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being timid, timorous, fearful, scary or tremulous. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being yellow or yellow-bellied. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb milk-liveredly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (milk-liveredly) |
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective milk-livered.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. |
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Date "Milk-livered" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. White-livered; cowardly; timorous.[Websters]
2. Being fainthearted or poor-spirited. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being faint-hearted, cowardly, pusillanimous, dastardly or funky. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being timid, timorous, fearful, scary or tremulous. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being yellow or yellow-bellied. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb milk-liveredly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (milk-liveredly) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective milk-livered.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "MILK-LIVERED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |