liverish

[ liv-er-ish ]

adjective

1. resembling liver, live, especially in color.
2. having a liver live disorder; bilious.
3. disagreeable; crabbed; melancholy:

   to have a liverish disposition.

liverish

/ ˈlɪvərɪʃ /

adjective

1. informal.
   having a disorder of the liver
2. disagreeable; peevish

Derived Forms

• ˈliverishness, noun

Other Words From

• liver·ish·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of liverish¹

First recorded in 1730–40; liver ¹ + -ish ¹

Example Sentences

All four of them — and I — demolished several skewers of grilled chicken hearts drizzled with cilantro chimichurri, a sauce not traditionally Brazilian but perfect with the dark, slightly liverish hearts.

From Seattle Times

The next morning I woke shaking, liverish and a translucent shade of green.

From The Guardian

Grilled and sliced, they lent an agreeably liverish swagger to a strikingly composed salad landscaped with red beet purée, pickled Satsuma, pistachios and leaves of escarole and arugula dressed in mustard-seed vinaigrette.

From Seattle Times

I love the way he uses colour to signify personality type – Kristof, big and loud, is red; Peterson, vain and just a little sleazy, is a liverish, retro shade of green – and his wild experiments with scale and perspective mean that, for him, pace is never a problem.

From The Guardian

Any one who kept house in the early 80's will recall a type of paper then in vogue, of large unintelligent arabesques of a liverish bronzy hue, parting at regular intervals upon Neapolitan landscapes of pronounced pinks and blues.

From Project Gutenberg

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