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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bilious \Bil"ious\ (b[i^]l"y[u^]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. ``A bilious old
nabob.'' --Macaulay.
{Bilious temperament}. See {Temperament}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
bilious
adj 1: relating to or containing bile [syn: {biliary}]
2: suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric
distress [syn: {liverish}, {livery}]
3: irritable as if suffering from indigestion [syn: {atrabilious},
{dyspeptic}, {liverish}]
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