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white-livered


white–liv·ered

adj \-ˈli-vərd\

Definition of WHITE-LIVERED

Origin of WHITE-LIVERED

from the former belief that the choleric temperament depends on the body's producing large quantities of yellow bile
First Known Use: 1549

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