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Definition of Atrabiliousness
1. Noun. The state or quality of being characterized by melancholy or glumness. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Atrabiliousness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Atrabiliousness
Literary usage of Atrabiliousness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... damp, hopelessness, desperation (archaic), cheer- lessness, sadness, gloom,
gloominess, melancholy, melancholia, atrabiliousness (lit- depone: »wear, ..."
2. Collections of the Maine Historical Society by Maine Historical Society (1890)
"But in the atrabiliousness of an old anatomy, struggling and groaning under mortal
disease, I desire permission to say that I am moved with intense choler ..."