liverishadj.

Brit.

/ˈlɪv(ə)rɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈlɪv(ə)rɪʃ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: liver n.¹, -ish suffix¹.

Etymology: < liver n.¹ + -ish suffix¹.

1. That resembles liver; of the consistency, flavour, or colour of liver.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > state of being thick enough to retain form > [adjective] > of consistency of liver

livery1594

liverish1740

1740 G. Cheyne Ess. Regimen p. xli The Blood..continues bad, that is, sizy, liverish.

1777 J. Cook Voy. S. Pole II. iii. xi. 147 The haslet and lean flesh were to us a feast. The latter was a little liverish, but had not the least fishy taste.

1822 Torch Light & Public Advertiser (Hagers-Town, Maryland) 4 June (electronic text) A Pointer Dog, Tall and slender built; he is marked with pale liverish coloured splotches, and had a long tail when he left home.

1913 G. B. McCutcheon Fool & his Money x. 177 My coffee was bitter, the peaches were like sponges, the bacon and rolls of uniform sogginess and the eggs of a strange liverish hue.

1976 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 63 763 Typically the flower [sc. Moraea lurida] is a dark liverish red.

2004 H. Fearnley-Whittingstall River Cottage Meat Bk. x. 252 The flavour of the intestines isn't strong at all, but creamy and mildly liverish.

2. Having symptoms attributed to a disordered liver; producing such symptoms. In later use also: (figurative) irritable, peevish (cf. choleric adj. 5a, bilious adj. 3). Cf. livery adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [adjective]

moodyc1300

distemprec1374

melancholiana1393

solein1399

darkc1440

gloomingc1440

girning1447

melancholyc1450

tetrical1528

tetric1533

distemperate1548

morose1565

sullen1570

stunt1581

humorous1590

gloomya1593

muddy1592

clum1599

dortya1605

humoursome1607

distempereda1616

musty1620

grum1640

agelastic1666

fusty1668

purdy1668

ill-humoured1693

gurly1721

mumpish1721

sunking1724

tetricous1727

sumphish1728

stunkard1737

sulky1744

muggard1746

farouche1765

sombrea1767

glumpy1780

glumpish1800

tiffy1810

splenitive1815

stuffy1825

liverish1828

troglodytish1866

glummy1884

humpy1889

scowly1951

1828 Subaltern's Log Bk. II. 111 Most of them were coming home gouty, liverish, and bilious.

1882 Lancet 14 Jan. 92/2 She has been in India seven years, is occasionally ‘liverish’, but has never had a definite attack of hepatic congestion.

1896 Marble Rock (Iowa) Weekly 5 Mar. Not feeling quite the thing, a little liverish in fact, I had ordered James to meet the 12:30 train.

1902 Daily Chron. 14 Apr. 3/6 Mr. Alfred Bishop was welcome as the hearty Earl, who is inclined to be testy when ‘liverish’.

1926 J. Galsworthy Silver Spoon i. xi. 75 An evening spent under the calming influence of Winifred Dartie's common-sense, and Turkish coffee, which, though ‘liverish stuff’, he always drank with relish.

1941 Ld. Alanbrooke Diary 19 Nov. in War Diaries (2001) 201 Perhaps I am feeling liverish for want of exercise today!

1958 B. Hamilton Too Much of Water ii. 23 Edgar, beginning to feel liverish and sleepy from the dramamine tablet he had punctiliously taken an hour before sailing.

2000 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 21 Sept. 28/4 He..turned his attention to literary modernism, writing liverish and forgettable attacks on the Bloomsbury set and subsequently Eliot and Auden.

2002 Lancet 12 Jan. 176/3 Today, Adair's patients would go to their doctors and say, ‘Doc, I feel liverish.’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	liverish
释义	liverishadj. Brit. /ˈlɪv(ə)rɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈlɪv(ə)rɪʃ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: liver n.¹, -ish suffix¹. Etymology: < liver n.¹ + -ish suffix¹. 1. That resembles liver; of the consistency, flavour, or colour of liver. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > state of being thick enough to retain form > [adjective] > of consistency of liver livery1594 liverish1740 1740 G. Cheyne Ess. Regimen p. xli The Blood..continues bad, that is, sizy, liverish. 1777 J. Cook Voy. S. Pole II. iii. xi. 147 The haslet and lean flesh were to us a feast. The latter was a little liverish, but had not the least fishy taste. 1822 Torch Light & Public Advertiser (Hagers-Town, Maryland) 4 June (electronic text) A Pointer Dog, Tall and slender built; he is marked with pale liverish coloured splotches, and had a long tail when he left home. 1913 G. B. McCutcheon Fool & his Money x. 177 My coffee was bitter, the peaches were like sponges, the bacon and rolls of uniform sogginess and the eggs of a strange liverish hue. 1976 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 63 763 Typically the flower [sc. Moraea lurida] is a dark liverish red. 2004 H. Fearnley-Whittingstall River Cottage Meat Bk. x. 252 The flavour of the intestines isn't strong at all, but creamy and mildly liverish. 2. Having symptoms attributed to a disordered liver; producing such symptoms. In later use also: (figurative) irritable, peevish (cf. choleric adj. 5a, bilious adj. 3). Cf. livery adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [adjective] moodyc1300 distemprec1374 melancholiana1393 solein1399 darkc1440 gloomingc1440 girning1447 melancholyc1450 tetrical1528 tetric1533 distemperate1548 morose1565 sullen1570 stunt1581 humorous1590 gloomya1593 muddy1592 clum1599 dortya1605 humoursome1607 distempereda1616 musty1620 grum1640 agelastic1666 fusty1668 purdy1668 ill-humoured1693 gurly1721 mumpish1721 sunking1724 tetricous1727 sumphish1728 stunkard1737 sulky1744 muggard1746 farouche1765 sombrea1767 glumpy1780 glumpish1800 tiffy1810 splenitive1815 stuffy1825 liverish1828 troglodytish1866 glummy1884 humpy1889 scowly1951 1828 Subaltern's Log Bk. II. 111 Most of them were coming home gouty, liverish, and bilious. 1882 Lancet 14 Jan. 92/2 She has been in India seven years, is occasionally ‘liverish’, but has never had a definite attack of hepatic congestion. 1896 Marble Rock (Iowa) Weekly 5 Mar. Not feeling quite the thing, a little liverish in fact, I had ordered James to meet the 12:30 train. 1902 Daily Chron. 14 Apr. 3/6 Mr. Alfred Bishop was welcome as the hearty Earl, who is inclined to be testy when ‘liverish’. 1926 J. Galsworthy Silver Spoon i. xi. 75 An evening spent under the calming influence of Winifred Dartie's common-sense, and Turkish coffee, which, though ‘liverish stuff’, he always drank with relish. 1941 Ld. Alanbrooke Diary 19 Nov. in War Diaries (2001) 201 Perhaps I am feeling liverish for want of exercise today! 1958 B. Hamilton Too Much of Water ii. 23 Edgar, beginning to feel liverish and sleepy from the dramamine tablet he had punctiliously taken an hour before sailing. 2000 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 21 Sept. 28/4 He..turned his attention to literary modernism, writing liverish and forgettable attacks on the Bloomsbury set and subsequently Eliot and Auden. 2002 Lancet 12 Jan. 176/3 Today, Adair's patients would go to their doctors and say, ‘Doc, I feel liverish.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1740
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