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atrabilious (adj.)
1650s, from Latin
atra bilis
, translating Greek
melankholia
"black bile" (see
melancholy
; also compare
bile
).
Atra
is fem. of
ater
"black, dark, gloomy," perhaps related to root of
atrocity
. Related:
Atrabiliousness
.
