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

Other Word Forms

• liverishness 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

These included Thomas Hiram Holding, who founded the National Camping Club in 1906 as a prophylactic against the kind of modern lifestyle that was apt to turn a young man liverish.

From The Guardian

Breakfast is so proverbially dismal, that dismalness becomes good form; humanity feels silent and liverish, so it grudges Providence its due, for it cannot return thanks for the precocious blessings of the day.

From Project Gutenberg

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