Atrabilarious

//ˌætɹəbɪˈlɛəɹi.əs// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to black bile. historical
  2. 2
    Characterized by melancholy or gloom.

    "This gentleman was naturally of an atrabilarious temperament, and much troubled with those phantoms of indigestion which are commonly called blue devils."

Example

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"This gentleman was naturally of an atrabilarious temperament, and much troubled with those phantoms of indigestion which are commonly called blue devils."

Etymology

From Latin ātrabīlārius.

Related phrases

black bile

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