atrabilarious, a.
(ætrəbɪˈlɛərɪəs)
[f. med.L. ātrabīlāri-us (see atrabile) + -ous.]
a. Of or pertaining to black bile. b. Atrabilious, melancholy, hypochondriacal; splenetic, acrimonious.
| 1684 tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. iii. 49 An Atrabilarious humour is but enraged and irritated by using hot things. 1732 Arbuthnot Rules Diet 367 Atrabilarious dry Constitutions. 1882 J. Hawthorne Fort. Fool i. xx, Kate Roland was defending Mr. Sinclair against a rather atrabilarious onslaught from Miss Vivian. |