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• bilious — [[t]bɪ̱liəs[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n (disapproval) If someone describes the appearance of something as bilious, they mean that they think it looks unpleasant and rather disgusting. [WRITTEN] ...the bilious green overstuffed sofas. 2) ADJ If… …   English dictionary

• bilious — bil|i|ous [ˈbıliəs] adj [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: bilieux, from Latin biliosus, from bilis; BILE] 1.) feeling as if you might ↑vomit ▪ I got up feeling bilious and with a terrible headache. ▪ She felt a bilious attack coming on. 2.)… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• bil´ious|ness — bil|ious «BIHL yuhs», adjective. 1. suffering from or caused by some trouble with the bile or the liver: »a bilious attack. 2. Figurative. peevish; cross; bad tempered: »a bilious person. He looked at his work with a bilious eye. 3. having to do… …   Useful english dictionary

• bil´ious|ly — bil|ious «BIHL yuhs», adjective. 1. suffering from or caused by some trouble with the bile or the liver: »a bilious attack. 2. Figurative. peevish; cross; bad tempered: »a bilious person. He looked at his work with a bilious eye. 3. having to do… …   Useful english dictionary

• bil|ious — «BIHL yuhs», adjective. 1. suffering from or caused by some trouble with the bile or the liver: »a bilious attack. 2. Figurative. peevish; cross; bad tempered: »a bilious person. He looked at his work with a bilious eye. 3. having to do with bile …   Useful english dictionary

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• cholera — [14] Greek kholéra originally meant ‘illness caused by choler, bilious attack’; it was a derivative of kholé ‘bile’ (which is related to English gall). Passing into Latin as cholera, it began to be used for ‘bile’ itself, both in the… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• literature — /ˈlɪtrətʃə / (say litruhchuh), /ˈlɪtərətʃə / (say lituhruhchuh) noun 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, romance, history,… …  

• cholera — [14] Greek kholéra originally meant ‘illness caused by choler, bilious attack’; it was a derivative of kholé ‘bile’ (which is related to English gall). Passing into Latin as cholera, it began to be used for ‘bile’ itself, both in the… …   Word origins

• Fever — Although a fever technically is any body temperature above the normal of 98.6 degrees F. (37 degrees C.), in practice a person is usually not considered to have a significant fever until the temperature is above 100.4 degrees F (38 degrees C.).… …   Medical dictionary