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2 definitions found 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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