bile

The definition of bile is a bitter fluid secreted by the liver that helps in digestion, or bile is bitterness and anger.

(noun)

An example of bile is what your liver releases and stores in the gallbladder to help you digest fatty foods.
An example of bile is what your angry uncle has.

See bile in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the bitter, alkaline, yellow-brown or greenish fluid secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder: it is discharged into the duodenum and helps in digestion, esp. of fats
1. either of two bodily humors (, or melancholy, and , or choler) in ancient physiology
2. bitterness; anger

Origin: Fr < L bilis

See bile in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A bitter, alkaline, brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow fluid that is secreted by the liver, stored in the gallbladder, and discharged into the duodenum and aids in the emulsification, digestion, and absorption of fats. Also called gall¹.
Bitterness of temper; ill humor; irascibility.
Either of two bodily humors, black bile or yellow bile, in ancient and medieval physiology.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , from Latin bīlis

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