† atrabilaryadj.
Obsolete.
= atrabilarious adj.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > [adjective]
melancholiousa1393
melancholica1398
darkc1440
adustc1460
melancholyc1475
as melancholy as a cat1592
allichollya1616
fuliginous1646
atrabilious1651
atrabilary1676
atrabilarian1678
hipped1712
splenetic1759
atrabiliarious1761
melancholish1775
atrabiliar1833
atrabiliary1839
atrabilarious1882
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered secretion > [adjective] > bilious disorders
cholerica1398
melancholianta1400
gallish1551
melancholical1559
melancholish1562
cholerical1569
cholerous1583
atrabilar1597
melancholic1598
atrabilaric1620
melancholeric1650
atrabilious1651
bilious1651
atrabilary1676
atrabilarian1678
atrabilous1681
atrabilarious1684
atrabiliary1725
biliary1837
acholic1866
1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Atrabilary, troubled with Melancholy.
1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician xi. 377 Let Atrabilary Melancholists use it.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Atrabilis was one of the great Humours of the antient Physicians; whence arose the Atrabilary, one of their Temperaments; answering to what we call Melancholy.
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