biliousness

Variant of bilious

adjective

  1. of the bile
  2. having or resulting from some ailment of the bile or the liver
  3. having the appearance of one who has such an ailment
  4. bad-tempered; cross

Origin: Fr bilieux < L biliosus < bilis, bile

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