Serena refused to invite the atrabilious Mr. Morne, who could spoil a party just by opening his mouth. |
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The atrabilious maladies to which artists were supposedly vulnerable included lovesickness and plague. |
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The atrabilious temperament or melancholia is, according to Aristotle, a natural disposition in which there is a preponderance of black bile over the other humours. |
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If all of this gives you horripilation, then I'd say you were atrabilious. |
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Do we listen to pop music because of atrabiliousness, or are we atrabilious because we listen to pop music? |
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