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bilious
What does bilious mean?
bilious (adjective): irritable as if suffering from indigestion.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce bilious?
/ˈbɪliəs/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does bilious come from?
From French bilieux, from Latin bīliōsus (“full of bile”), from bīlis (“bile”) + -ōsus (“full of”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “bilious” mean?
composed of people from all over the world
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completely free from dirt or contamination
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high, tall, having great height or stature
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irritable as if suffering from indigestion
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