bilious : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bilious	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for bilious
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bilious adj relating to or containing bile [syn: bilious, biliary] suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress Synonym(s): bilious, liverish, livery irritable as if suffering from indigestion Synonym(s): atrabilious, bilious, dyspeptic, liverish
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bilious \Bil"ious\ (b[icr]l"y[ucr]s), a. [L. biliosus, fr. bilis bile.] 1. Of or pertaining to the bile. 2. Disordered in respect to the bile; troubled with an excess of bile; as, a bilious patient; dependent on, or characterized by, an excess of bile; as, bilious symptoms. 3. Choleric; passionate; ill tempered. [bd]A bilious old nabob.[b8] --Macaulay. {Bilious temperament}. See {Temperament}.