bilious

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Of or pertaining to something containing or consisting of bile.

2. 2

   Resembling bile, especially in color.

   • Does money fail?—come to my mint—coin paper, Till gold be at a discount, and ashamed To show his bilious face, go purge himself, In emulation of her vestal whiteness.
   • The business-center of Schoenstrom took up one side of one block, facing the railroad. It was a row of one-story shops covered with galvanized iron, or with clapboards painted red and bilious yellow.
3. 3

   Suffering from real or supposed liver disorder, especially excessive secretions of bile.

   • Perry tells me that Mr. Cole never touches malt liquor. You would not think it to look at him, but he is bilious—Mr. Cole is very bilious.
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   1. 4

      Peevishly ill-humored, irritable or bad tempered

      Peevishly ill-humored, irritable or bad tempered; irascible.

      • The glorified spirit of a great statesman and philosopher dawdling, like a bilious old Nabob at a watering-place, over quarterly reviews and novels—dropping in to pay long calls—making excursions in search of the picturesque!
      • The boarders, sharp-tongued bilious widows, pursued the only man in the establishment, a mild, bald creature who worked in La Samaritaine […]

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