bilious Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective relating to or containing bile
    biliary.
  2. adjective satellite suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress
    liverish; livery.
  3. adjective satellite irritable as if suffering from indigestion
    dyspeptic; liverish; atrabilious.

WordNet

Bil"ious adjective
Etymology
L. biliosus, fr. bilis bile.
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to the bile.
  2. Disordered in respect to the bile; troubled with and excess of bile; as, a bilious patient; dependent on, or characterized by, an excess of bile; as, bilious symptoms.
  3. Choleric; passionate; ill tempered. "A bilious old nabob." Macaulay.

Webster 1913