atrabilious
3 synonyms and 3 antonyms for atrabilious, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Adj — Containing too much black bile, according to old medical belief.
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Etymology
From Latin ātra bīlis (“black bile”) (āter (“dark, black”) + bīlis (“bile”)) + -ous (“full of”), referring to the humour which ancient Hippocratic and later Galenic medicine associated with sadness and despondency.
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