n. A person much given to melancholy; a hypochondriac. I. Disraeli. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Melancholy; atrabilious. [ 1913 Webster ]
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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. atramentum ink, fr. ater black. ] Black, like ink; inky; atramental. [ Obs. ] Derham. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. atramentaire. See Atramentaceous. ] Like ink; suitable for making ink. Sulphate of iron (copperas, green vitriol) is called atramentarious, as being used in making ink. [ 1913 Webster ]