atrabiliaradj.
/atrəˈbɪlɪə/ = atrabilious 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
1833 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. ix, in Fraser's Mag. Dec. 678/1 In my atrabiliar moods.
1877 J. Morley Crit. Misc. 2nd Ser. 102 Of nervous atrabiliar constitution.
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