atrabilious

英 [,ætrə'bɪlɪəs] 美
  • adj. 忧郁的;易怒的(等于atrabiliar)

英文词源


atrabilious (adj.)
1650s, from Latin atra bilis, translating Greek melankholia "black bile" (see melancholy; also compare bile). Atra is fem. of ater "black, dark, gloomy," perhaps related to root of atrocity. Related: Atrabiliousness.

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