Bil·ious a.
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.”
Bilious temperament. See Temperament.
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