atrabiliary

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Of or relating to black bile. obsolete
    — A Cancer again is known by its renitency of touch, if it be mild it carries a black or livid colour outwards, so made by the peccant humour or atrabiliary juice; there's no heat felt on the touch, but rather a coldness in the part; […]
  2. Melancholic or hypochondriac; atrabilious.
    — ATRABIL′IARY, ATRABIL′IOUS, a. Melancholic, or hypochondriacal; from the supposed preponderance of black bile. – atrabiliary capsules, the renal or supra-renal glands or capsules.

词形变化

more atrabiliary comparative most atrabiliary superlative

词汇关系

近义词
sad lamentable
相关词
atrabiliously atrabiliousness

词源

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