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Bile
//baɪl// name, noun, verb
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A Bantu language spoken in Nigeria.
Noun
- 1 A bitter brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow secretion produced by the liver, stored in the gall bladder, and discharged into the duodenum where it aids the process of digestion. uncountable, usually
- 2 A boil (kind of swelling). obsolete
- 3 a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats wordnet
- 4 Bitterness of temper; ill humour; irascibility. uncountable, usually
- 5 Either of two of the four humours, black bile or yellow bile, in ancient and medieval physiology. uncountable, usually
"I shall tire of my Journal if it is to contain nothing but biles and plasters and unguents."
Verb
- 1 Pronunciation spelling of boil. alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
"We pretty near biled ourselves and Miss Euly done got her bes' pink apron stained, an' I dropped Sis Suky's big kitchen spoon in de hogshead of sand […]"
Etymology
Etymology 1
Mid 16th century, via Middle French, from Latin bīlis (“bile”). Largely displaced Old English ġealla, whence the modern synonym gall.
Etymology 2
Obsolete form of boil. Akin to Dutch buil and German Beule, all from Proto-Germanic *būlǭ.
Etymology 3
Obsolete form of boil. Akin to Dutch buil and German Beule, all from Proto-Germanic *būlǭ.
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