a. Melancholic or hypochondriac; atrabiliary. Dunglision. [ 1913 Webster ]
A hard-faced, atrabilious, earnest-eyed race. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]
He was constitutionally atrabilious and scornful. Froude. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. biliosus, fr. bilis bile. ]
Bilious temperament.
n. The state of being bilious. [ 1913 Webster ]