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bilious

Syllabification: (bil·ious)
Pronunciation: /ˈbilyəs/

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Definition of bilious

adjective

  • 1affected by or associated with nausea or vomiting:I had eaten something that didn’t agree with me and I was a little bilious
  • (of a color) lurid or sickly:a bilious olive hue
  • 2spiteful; bad-tempered:outbursts of bilious misogyny
  • 3 Physiology of or relating to bile.

Derivatives

biliously

adverb

biliousness

noun

Origin:

mid 16th century (in the sense 'biliary'): from Latin biliosus, from bilis 'bile'

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