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biliousness Definition


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bilious
adj
    1a. Affected by or sick with a disorder relating to the secretion, especially excessive secretion, of bile;
    1b. loosely
      Nauseated; sick.
    2. derog
      Said of a colour: unpleasant and sickly; nauseous.
    3. Peevish; bad-tempered.
      Thesaurus: grouchy, grumpy, cross, choleric, crotchety, irritable, peevish, testy, dyspeptic.
    4. Belonging or relating to bile.
Derivative: biliously
adverb
    Derivative: biliousness
    noun
      Etymology: 16c: from Latin biliosus.



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