Meaning of BILIOUS
| Pronunciation: | | 'bilyus
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- [adj] irritable as if suffering from indigestion
- [adj] suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress
- [adj] relating to or containing bile
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| | Synonyms: | | atrabilious, biliary, dyspeptic, ill, ill-natured, liverish, livery, sick |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Bil"ious\ (b[i^]l"y[u^]s), a. [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 bilious patient; dependent on, or
characterized by, an excess of bile; as, bilious symptoms.
3. Choleric; passionate; ill tempered. ``A bilious old
nabob.'' --Macaulay.
{Bilious temperament}. See {Temperament}.
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