livery
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livery¹
- /ˈlɪv(ə)ɹi/ US, UK
Rhymes with -ɪvəɹi, -ɪvɹi
Where it comes from
From Middle English livery, liveree, from Anglo-Norman liveree, from Old French livree. Compare modern French livrée.
noun liveries · liveray · liverie
- Any distinctive identifying uniform worn by a group, such as the uniform worn by chauffeurs and male servants. And while the moralist, who is holding forth on the cover ( an accurate portrait of your humble servant), professes to wear neither gown nor bands, but only the very same long-eared livery in which his congregation is arrayed: yet, look you, one is bound to speak the truth as far as one knows it, wh
- The whole body of liverymen, members of livery companies.
- The paint scheme of a vehicle or fleet of vehicles. The airline's new livery received a mixed reaction from the press.
- A taxicab or limousine.
- The delivery of property from one owner to the next.
- The writ by which property is obtained.
- The rental of horses or carriages; the rental of canoes; the care and/or boarding of horses for money. […] Pegasus does not stand at livery even at the largest establishment in Moorfields.
- A stable that keeps horses or carriages for rental.
- An allowance of food; a ration, as given out to a family, to servants, to horses, etc. The emperor's officers every night went through the town from house to house whereat any English gentleman did repast or lodge, and served their liveries for all night: first, the officers brought into the house a cast of fine manchet [white bread], and of silver two great post, and white wine, and
- Release from wardship; deliverance. It concerned them first to sue out their livery from the unjust wardship of his encroaching prerogative.
- A low grade of wool.
- Outward markings, fittings or appearance When forty winters shall beseige thy brow, dig deep trenches in thy beauty's field, Thy youth's proud livery, so gazed on now, Will be a tatter'd weed, of small worth held:
verb liveries · liverying · liveried · liveray · liverie
- To clothe. He liveried his servants in the most modest of clothing.
livery²
Where it comes from
From Middle English *livery, from Old English lifriġ (“relating to the liver, livery”), equivalent to liver + -y.
adjective more livery · most livery
- Like liver. We are happy for the chopped mushrooms within the warm goose liver paté, for the coarse, highly seasoned wedge has a robust livery flavour the 'shrooms manage to ease.
- Queasy, liverish. He woke feeling livery, and aware that he had overslept the morning.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: delivery, liverish, sick, ill, bilious, legal transfer, stable, yard, stall, barn, stables, uniform, cloth, habit, habiliment, coat
Translations
Talk about this word "livery." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/livery. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. livery. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/livery "livery." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/livery.Cite this
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title = {livery},
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