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Webster 1913 Edition
Bilious
Bil′ious
(bĭl′yŭs)
, Adj.
[L.
biliosus
, fr. bilis
bile.] 1.
Of or pertaining to the bile.
2.
Disordered in respect to the bile; troubled with an excess of bile;
as, a
; dependent on, or characterized by, an excess of bile; bilious
patientas,
. bilious
symptoms3.
Choleric; passionate; ill tempered.
“A bilious old nabob.” Macaulay.
Bilious temperament
. See
Temperament
.Webster 1828 Edition
Bilious
BIL'IOUS
,Adj.
Pertaining to bile; consisting or partaking of bile; caused by a redundancy, or bad state of the bile; as a bilious fever.
Definition 2024
bilious
bilious
English
"Rhynocoris iracundus", a bilious beetle, with rostrum ready to sting.
Adjective
bilious (comparative more bilious, superlative most bilious)
- Suffering from real or supposed liver disorder, thus making one ill-natured.
- Of or pertaining to something containing or consisting of bile.
- Irritable or bad tempered; irascible.
- Macaulay
- a bilious old nabob
- Macaulay
Related terms
- atrabilious (full of black bile)
- bile
Translations
suffering from real or supposed liver disorder
of or pertaining to bile
irritable, irascible