Atrabilious

(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:57:15

At`ra*bil"ious (#), a.

Melancholic or hypochondriac; atrabiliary.

Dunglision.

A hard-faced, atrabilious, earnest-eyed race. Lowell.

He was constitutionally atrabilious and scornful. Froude.

 

© Webster 1913.

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