atrabilious


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
atrabilious /ˌatrəˈbɪlɪəs/
adjective literary melancholy or ill-tempered.
– derivatives
atrabiliousness noun.
– origin C17: from L. atra bilis ‘black bile’, translation of Gk melankholia ‘melancholy’, + -ious.
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