liver
noun
- vital organ in vertebrates and some other animals
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪvə(ɹ)/ / /ˈlɪvə(ɹ)/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-der. Proto-Germanic *an Proto-West Germanic *ana Old English on Proto-Indo-European *leyp- Proto-Germanic *lībanąder. Proto-Germanic *lībą Proto-West Germanic *līb Old English līfder. Old English līfe Old English on līfe Middle English alyve English aliveclip. English live English -(e)r English liver From live (adjective) + -(e)r.
- comparative form of live: more live
“Seeing things on a big screen somehow makes them seem liver.”
“[…]manslaughter, liver than camcorder”
noun
Etymology: From Middle English lyvere, livere, equivalent to live + -er.
- Someone who lives (usually in a specified way).
“Ephori of Sparta, hearing a dissolute liver propose a very beneficial advise unto the people, commaunded him to hold his peace, and desired an honest man to assume the invention of it unto himselfe and to propound it.”
“a wicked liver may be reclaimed, and prove an honest man[…].”
- Someone who lives (usually in a specified way).
“When as the wandring Scots and Picthts King Marius had subdude, He gave the Liuers dwellings.”
“Thou king of heaven, which […] Dost see the secret of each livers heart.”
- Someone who lives (usually in a specified way).
“They must instantly have been detected by the present Livers that were upon the place.”
“One, John Powle, a Liver on Sasquehanna River.”