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Definition of Atrabilious
1. Adjective. Irritable as if suffering from indigestion.
Definition of Atrabilious
1. a. Melancholic or hypochondriac; atrabiliary.
Definition of Atrabilious
1. Adjective. characterized by melancholy ¹
2. Adjective. ill-natured; malevolent ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Atrabilious
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Atrabilious
Literary usage of Atrabilious
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Human Physiology by Robley Dunglison (1846)
"To these, Good' has added Attila, Charlemagne, Tamerlane, Richard IIL, Nadir
Shah, and Napoleon. c. Melancholic or atrabilious Temperament. ..."
2. Essays and Marginalia by Hartley Coleridge (1851)
"atrabilious REFLECTIONS UPON MELANCHOLY. " PERFECT melancholy," says honest Ben, "
is the complexion of the ass." I have heard it asserted that the ..."
3. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule (1891)
"... glum, downcast, desponding, down-hearted, lo\v -spirited, cast down, in the
dumps, down in the mouth, out of sorts, lackadaisical, atrabilious, ..."
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