atrabilarian, a. and n.
(ætrəbɪˈlɛərɪən)
[f. med.L. ātrabīlāri-us (see prec.) + -an.]
A. adj. = atrabilarious; ‘replete with black choler.’ J.
| 1678 Cudworth Intell. Syst. 792 An Hypochondriacal or Atrabilarian Distemper. 1732 Arbuthnot Rules Diet 298 Melancholy or atrabilarian Constitutions. 1831 P. Heidiger Didoniad v. 130 His pristine prompt atrabilarian Commands. |
B. n. An atrabilious man, a hypochondriac.