Pronounced: pree-HEN(t)-shuhn, noun
Notes: I should have been able to guess this one
Yesterday’s Word
The word white-livered means “cowardly”
First usage
Our word came into English in the mid-1500s
Background / Comments
I am familiar with the term “lily-livered”, which is alternate word to our word. Our word comes from the belief that a lack of courage (or vigor) was caused by a deficiency of bile; this caused the liver to show as light-colored. So, a white liver would be the most cowardly; a lily-colored liver would also be quite pale in color.
Richard's Vocabulary Word-of-the-Day 