bilious

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of or pertaining to something containing or consisting of bile.
Resembling bile, especially in color.
Suffering from real or supposed liver disorder, especially excessive secretions of bile.
Peevishly ill-humored, irritable or bad tempered; irascible.

/ˈbɪl.i.əs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bilious.wav /ˈbɪl.jəs/

bilious more bilious most bilious

From French bilieux, from Latin bīliōsus (“full of bile”), from bīlis (“bile”) + -ōsus (“full of”).

choleric irascible peevish testy cranky splenetic

pleasant amiable good-natured genial even-tempered

atrabilious bile

antibilious biliously biliousness bilious vomiting syndrome nervo-bilious nonbilious sanguineobilious unbilious

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