milk-liveredadj.

Brit.

/ˈmɪlkˌlɪvəd/, U.S.

/ˈmɪlkˌlɪvərd/

Forms: see milk n.¹ and livered adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: milk n.¹, livered adj.

Etymology: < milk n.¹ + livered adj.

Cowardly, lily-livered.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [adjective]

arghc885

heartlessOE

bloodlessc1225

coward1297

faintc1300

nesha1382

comfortless1387

pusillanimousa1425

faint-heartedc1440

unheartyc1440

cowardous1480

hen-hearteda1529

cowardish1530

feigningc1540

white-livered1546

cowardly1551

faceless1567

pusillanime1570

liver-hearted1571

cowish1579

cowardise1582

coward-like1587

faint-heart1590

courageless1593

sheep-like1596

white-hearted1598

milky1602

milk-livered1608

undaring1611

lily-livereda1616

yarrow1616

flightful1626

chicken-hearted1629

poltroon1649

cow-hearted1660

whey-blooded1675

unbravea1681

nimble-heeled1719

dunghill1775

shrimp-hearted1796

chicken-livered1804

white-feathered1816

pluckless1821

chicken-spirited1822

milk-blooded1822

cowardy1836

yellow1856

yellow-livered1857

putty-hearted1872

uncourageous1878

chicken1883

piker1901

yellow-bellied1907

manso1932

scaredy-cat1933

chickenshit1940

cold-footed1944

1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xvi. 49 Milke liuerd man That bearest a cheeke for bloes.

1638 J. Ford Fancies iv. 54 The page a milke liverd Dildo.

1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 70 You..hare-hearted, milk-livered poltroon.

1835 R. M. Bird Hawks of Hawk-hollow II. ix. 90 Egad, for no very good reason I know, seeing that I could not hold my own prisoner, and am but a milk-livered loon to hold the game of young Sparrow-Hawk.

1864 Harper's Mag. Sept. 507/2 And the unsuccessful Stephen departed unaccompanied and sorrowful. Silas had evidently chipped his shell, and was not frightened, like a milk-livered ghost, when the old cock crew in the small hours.

1996 City Paper (Baltimore) 22 May 27/2 The activity in question isn't the old-school Arthurian sort of jousting..but rather ring jousting, a milk-livered descendent of the old sport, in which mounted people with lances try to spear small target rings.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	milk-livered
释义	milk-liveredadj. Brit. /ˈmɪlkˌlɪvəd/, U.S. /ˈmɪlkˌlɪvərd/ Forms: see milk n.¹ and livered adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: milk n.¹, livered adj. Etymology: < milk n.¹ + livered adj. Cowardly, lily-livered. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [adjective] arghc885 heartlessOE bloodlessc1225 coward1297 faintc1300 nesha1382 comfortless1387 pusillanimousa1425 faint-heartedc1440 unheartyc1440 cowardous1480 hen-hearteda1529 cowardish1530 feigningc1540 white-livered1546 cowardly1551 faceless1567 pusillanime1570 liver-hearted1571 cowish1579 cowardise1582 coward-like1587 faint-heart1590 courageless1593 sheep-like1596 white-hearted1598 milky1602 milk-livered1608 undaring1611 lily-livereda1616 yarrow1616 flightful1626 chicken-hearted1629 poltroon1649 cow-hearted1660 whey-blooded1675 unbravea1681 nimble-heeled1719 dunghill1775 shrimp-hearted1796 chicken-livered1804 white-feathered1816 pluckless1821 chicken-spirited1822 milk-blooded1822 cowardy1836 yellow1856 yellow-livered1857 putty-hearted1872 uncourageous1878 chicken1883 piker1901 yellow-bellied1907 manso1932 scaredy-cat1933 chickenshit1940 cold-footed1944 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xvi. 49 Milke liuerd man That bearest a cheeke for bloes. 1638 J. Ford Fancies iv. 54 The page a milke liverd Dildo. 1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 70 You..hare-hearted, milk-livered poltroon. 1835 R. M. Bird Hawks of Hawk-hollow II. ix. 90 Egad, for no very good reason I know, seeing that I could not hold my own prisoner, and am but a milk-livered loon to hold the game of young Sparrow-Hawk. 1864 Harper's Mag. Sept. 507/2 And the unsuccessful Stephen departed unaccompanied and sorrowful. Silas had evidently chipped his shell, and was not frightened, like a milk-livered ghost, when the old cock crew in the small hours. 1996 City Paper (Baltimore) 22 May 27/2 The activity in question isn't the old-school Arthurian sort of jousting..but rather ring jousting, a milk-livered descendent of the old sport, in which mounted people with lances try to spear small target rings. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1608
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