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ROGET THESAURUS atrabilious Dejection N dejection, dejectedness, depression, prosternation, lowness of spirits, depression of spirits, weight on the spirits ...
1. : given to or marked by melancholy : gloomy. 2. : ill-natured, peevish. atrabiliousness noun. Did you know? Atrabilious is a somewhat rare word with a history that parallels that of the more common "melancholy."
Atrabilious explaination from Webster's Dictionary. (a.) Melancholic or hypochondriac; atrabiliary. ...
1. to be atrabilious; to be mad ( Aristophanes nub. 833). 2. to be angry, enraged (for χολοῦμαι, more common in the earlier Greek writings from Homer down): τίνι, John 7:23 (3Macc. 3:1; Artemidorus Daldianus, Nicander, Mosch., Diogenes Laërt, others). THAYER'S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database. Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
Meaning of Atrabilious Bible verses : (a.) Melancholic or hypochondriac; atrabiliary.
Melancholic or hypohondriac; atrabilious; -- from the supposed predominance of black bile, to the influence of which the ancients attributed hypochondria, melancholy, and mania.
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