atrabilious

or at·ra·bil·iar

[ a-truh-bil-yuhs ]
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adjective
  1. gloomy; morose; melancholy; morbid.

  2. irritable; bad-tempered; splenetic.

Origin of atrabilious

1
1645–55; <Latin ātra bīli(s) black bile + -ous

Other words from atrabilious

  • at·ra·bil·ious·ness, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for atrabilious

atrabilious

atrabiliar

/ (ˌætrəˈbɪljəs) /


adjective
  1. rare irritable

Origin of atrabilious

1
C17: from Latin ātra bīlis black bile, from āter black + bīlis bile 1

Derived forms of atrabilious

  • atrabiliousness, noun

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