Bil"ious (?), a. [L. biliosus, fr. bilis bile.]
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.
Bilious temperament. See Temperament.
© Webster 1913.