Definition of ATRABILIOUS

atrabilious

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

  • irritable as if suffering from indigestion

Adj

  • Having an excess of black bile.
  • Characterized by melancholy.
  • Ill-natured; malevolent; cantankerous.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin ātra bīlis (“black bile”) (āter (“dark, black”) + bīlis (“bile”)) + -ous (“full of”).

Scrabble Score: 13

atrabilious is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
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Words With Friends Score: 16

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