adjective
- wearing a livery (a special uniform worn by servants, officials, or members of an organization)
- having a liver of a specified kind or condition (used in combination)
Usage: usually used in compounds such as 'white-livered' or 'lily-livered'
Examples
- The livered doorman greeted guests at the entrance of the grand hotel.
- The palace employed livered servants to attend to the royal family.
- He was called lily-livered for refusing to fight.
- The livered staff wore burgundy jackets with gold buttons.
- A white-livered coward would never stand up for what is right.