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Meaning of ATRABILIOUS

Pronunciation:  `atru'bilyus

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 Definition: [adj]  irritable as if suffering from indigestion
 
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 Synonyms: bilious, dyspeptic, ill-natured, liverish
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\At`ra*bil"ious\, a.
Melancholic or hypochondriac; atrabiliary. --Dunglision.
      A hard-faced, atrabilious, earnest-eyed race. --Lowell.
      He was constitutionally atrabilious and scornful.
                                               --Froude.
 

 

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