milk-livered

adjective

milk-liv·​ered ˈmilk-ˌli-vərd How to pronounce milk-livered (audio)
archaic

Examples of milk-livered in a Sentence

vented his spleen at those milk-livered men who refused to fight for king and country

Word History

First Known Use

1606, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of milk-livered was in 1606

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Cite this Entry

“Milk-livered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/milk-livered. Accessed 9 Nov. 2024.

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