Associations to the word «Bilious»

Wiktionary

BILIOUS, adjective. Suffering from real or supposed liver disorder, thus making one ill-natured.
BILIOUS, adjective. Of or pertaining to something containing or consisting of bile.
BILIOUS, adjective. Irritable or bad tempered; irascible.

Dictionary definition

BILIOUS, adjective. Relating to or containing bile.
BILIOUS, adjective. Suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress.
BILIOUS, adjective. Irritable as if suffering from indigestion.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats