| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | live·li·hood |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  l v l -h d |
| NOUN: | Means of support; subsistence. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English livelyhed, alteration (influenced by liflihed, liveliness, energy, vigor) of livelode, from Old English lfl d : lf, life; see life + ld, course; see leit- in Appendix I.
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