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atrabilarious

English

Etymology

From Latin ?trab?l?rius.

Adjective

atrabilarious (comparative more atrabilarious, superlative most atrabilarious)

  1. (medicine, historical) Having black bile as the prevalent humor.
  2. Characterized by melancholy or gloom.

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atrabilarian

English

Etymology

From Latin ?tra b?lis (black bile).

Adjective

atrabilarian (comparative more atrabilarian, superlative most atrabilarian)

  1. Characterized by melancholy or glum; atrabilarious; atrabilious.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Arbuthnot to this entry?)
    • 1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not, volume 1 of Parade's End
      He stopped, he directed upon her his atrabilarian eyes, biting his umbrella handle; he was extremely nervous.

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  • atrabilious

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