milk-livered

adjective

cowardly; timorous; lacking bravery

Meanings

adjectivemilk-livered (comparative more milk-livered, superlative most milk-livered)

comparative more milk-livered · superlative most milk-livered

  1. archaiccowardly; timorous; lacking bravery
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