'Bilious temperament' definitions:

Definition of 'Bilious temperament'

From: GCIDE
  • Bilious \Bil"ious\ (b[i^]l"y[u^]s), a. [L. biliosus, fr. bilis bile.]
  • 1. Of or pertaining to the bile. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Disordered in respect to the bile; troubled with an excess of bile; as, a bilious patient; dependent on, or characterized by, an excess of bile; as, bilious symptoms. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Choleric; passionate; ill tempered. "A bilious old nabob." --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
  • Bilious temperament. See Temperament. [1913 Webster]