Atrabilious Definition
ătrə-bĭlyəs
adjective
Inclined to melancholy.
American Heritage
Melancholy, morose, cross, etc.
Webster's New World
Having a peevish disposition; surly.
American Heritage
Characterized by melancholy.
Do we listen to pop music because of atrabiliousness, or are we atrabilious because we listen to pop music? (High Fidelity magazine paraphrase)
Wiktionary
Wiktionary
Origin of Atrabilious
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From Latin ātra bīlis black bile (translation of Greek melankhōliā) ātra black āter- in Indo-European roots bīlis bile
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Latin ātra bīlis (“black bile”), from āter (“dark, black”), + bīlis (“bile”). Then the adjective suffix -ous (“full of”) was added.
From Wiktionary
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