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Bilious temperament

Bilious \Bil"ious\ (b[i^]l"y[u^]s), a. [L. biliosus, fr. bilis bile.]

  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.''
    --Macaulay.

    Bilious temperament. See Temperament.