First Known Use: 1549
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white–livered
adjective white–liv·ered \-ˈli-vərd\
Definition of WHITE-LIVERED
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Origin of WHITE-LIVERED
from the former belief that the choleric temperament depends on the body's producing large quantities of yellow bile
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