bilious
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
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bilious (ˈbɪlɪəs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | of or relating to bile |
| 2. | affected with or denoting any disorder related to excess secretion of bile |
| 3. | informal (esp of colours) extremely distasteful; nauseating: a bilious green |
| 4. | informal bad-tempered; irritable |
| [C16: from Latin bīliōsus full of | |
| 'biliousness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
bilious
1540s, "pertaining to bile, biliary," from Fr. bilieux, from L. biliosus, from bilis (see bile). Meaning "wrathful, peevish, ill-tempered" (as people afflicted with an excess of bile were believed to be) is attested from 1560s. This is the main modern sense in English and
French; the more literal meaning being taken up by biliary.
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Medical Dictionary
bilious bil·ious (bĭl'yəs)
adj.
Of, relating to, or containing bile; biliary.
Characterized by an excess secretion of bile.
Relating to, characterized by, or experiencing gastric distress caused by a disorder of the liver or gallbladder.
bil'ious·ness n.
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Example sentences
After the fifth or sixth awards dinner, readers may feel a little bilious.
The money was for their bilious nephew and his crack habit, their own blood who was smoking up their lives.
Strange faces everywhere and a bustling, disputatious tone about it, bilious folk.
It can't make eyes blue, livers bilious or brains bulging.
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