atrabilious, bilious, dyspeptic, liverish
(adjective) irritable as if suffering from indigestion
bilious, liverish, livery
(adjective) suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress
bilious, biliary
(adjective) relating to or containing bile
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bilious (comparative more bilious, superlative most bilious)
Of or pertaining to something containing or consisting of bile.
Resembling bile, especially in color.
Suffering from real or supposed liver disorder, especially excessive secretions of bile.
Peevishly ill-humored, irritable or bad tempered; irascible.
Source: Wiktionary
Bil"ious, a. Etym: [L. biliosus, fr. bilis bile.]
1. Of or pertaining to the bile.
2. Disordered in respect to the bile; troubled with and excess of bile; as, a bilious patient; dependent on, or characterized by, an excess of bile; as, bilious symptoms.
3. Choleric; passionate; ill tempered. "A bilious old nabob." Macaulay. Bilious temperament. See Temperament.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 April 2024
(verb) embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of; “The fugue typifies Bach’s style of composition”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
