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atrabilious

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[ a-truh-bil-yuhs ]

adjective

  1. gloomy; morose; melancholy; morbid.
  2. irritable; bad-tempered; splenetic.


atrabilious

/ ˌæٰəˈɪə /

adjective

  1. rare.
    irritable
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌٰˈdzܲԱ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • r·idzܲ·Ա noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of atrabilious1

1645–55; < Latin ātra bīli ( s ) black bile + -ous
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of atrabilious1

C17: from Latin ātra ī black bile, from ٱ black + ī bile 1
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Eliphalet borrowed money, his habiliments grew shabby, he took up mean callings for the sake of pelf, he became a spunge; he grew bilious, atrabilious, patriotic and indignant.

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After his conversion he made amends, though he was always the atrabilious faultfinder.

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The melancholy or atrabilious temperament is of a different character.

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The one truly successful film of this period is Mike Nichols's version of Edward Albee's , where a middle-aged academic couple tear each other apart in a manner reminiscent of Strindberg at his most atrabilious.

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His sallow, atrabilious features disclosed the tortures of his soul.

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