atrabilariousadj.
/atrəbɪˈlɛːrɪəs/ 1. Of or relating to black bile.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered secretion > [adjective] > bilious disorders
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melancholianta1400
gallish1551
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cholerous1583
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1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician iii. 49 An Atrabilarious humour is but enraged and irritated by using hot things.
1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet iii. 367 Atrabilarious dry Constitutions.
2. Atrabilious, melancholy, hypochondriacal; splenetic, acrimonious.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > [adjective]
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darkc1440
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as melancholy as a cat1592
allichollya1616
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atrabilarian1678
hipped1712
splenetic1759
atrabiliarious1761
melancholish1775
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atrabilarious1882
1882 J. Hawthorne Fortune's Fool xx, in Macmillan's Mag. Apr. 436/1 Kate Roland was defending Mr. Sinclair against a rather atrabilarious onslaught from Miss Vivian.
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