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lily-livered (comparative more lily-livered, superlative most lily-livered)

1. (idiomatic) Cowardly, lacking bravery.
   • 1606, William Shakespeare, King Lear, act 2, sc. 2:

     . . . a lily-livered, action-taking knave . . . ; one that wouldst be a bawd, in way of good service, and art nothing but the composition of a knave, beggar, coward, pandar, and the son and heir of a mongrel bitch.

   • 1850, William Makepeace Thackeray, The History of Pendennis, ch. 61:

     "But as for that lily-livered sneak—that poor lyin' swindlin' cringin' cur of a Clavering—who stands in my shoes—stands in my shoes, hang him!"

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lily-livered (comparative more lily-livered, superlative most lily-livered)

1. (idiomatic) Cowardly, lacking courage.
   • c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene ii], page 291, column 2:

     Ste[ward]. What doſt thou know me for? / Kent. […] [A] Lilly-liuered, action-taking knave, […] one that would'ſt be a Baud in way of good ſeruice, and art nothing but the compoſition of a Knaue, Begger, Coward, Pandar, and the Sonne and Heire of a Mungrill Bitch, […]

   • 1848 November – 1850 December​, William Makepeace Thackeray, The History of Pendennis. […], volume 61, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], OCLC 2057953:

     But as for that lily-livered sneak—that poor lyin' swindlin' cringin' cur of a Clavering—who stands in my shoes—stands in my shoes, hang him!

   • 2016, Pokémon Sun and Moon, Hapu to Lillie:

     Ho! Then you do your best, Lillie. No one could call you lily-livered!

同意語

• white-livered