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black bile in British Englishnoun archaic one of the four bodily humours; melancholy humour (sense 8 ) black bile in American Englishnounone of the four elemental bodily humors of medieval physiology, regarded as causing gloominess Word origin [1790–1800 ]This word is first recorded in the period 1790–1800. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cannibalism, ideology, infiltration, peanut, rationalismWord lists withblack bile humour |