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bilious
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synonyms: choloric, irascible ???
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Definition:1. suffering from a liver disorder, thus yellow-skinned2. cranky, bad-tempered3. affected by a digestive discomfort; a feeling of nausea
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the beautiful English face of the girl, and its exquisite fairness, together with her erect and independent attitude, contrasted with the sallow and bilious skin of the Malay, enamelled or veneered with mahogany by marine air, his small, fierce, restless eyes, thin lips, slavish gestures and adorations.
Thomas De Quincey. Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
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“He is a nervous, bilious subject,” said Larrey, “and will not recover.”
Leo Tolstoy. War and Peace: With bonus material from Give War and Peace A Chance by Andrew D. Kaufman. Simon & Schuster
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She had a sudden bilious terror about whatever it was he was going to say, which she did not want to hear,
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Americanah, p.549 (2013)
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That counter was a thick piece of plastic with fake bluish veins in it. It was supposed to look like marble. Instead, it looked like Roquefort - and then the cheese conceit began to make her bilious, so she abandoned it.
Tom Wolfe. I am Charlotte Simmons, p448 (2004)
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she have twenty-five pound perannium fur to buy pills, on account of being bilious.
Charles Dickens. Great Expectations (1861)
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He gorged himself habitually at table, which made him bilious, and gave him a dim and bleared eye and flabby cheeks.
Charlotte Brontë. Jane Eyre (1847)
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