black cholic

noun

Synonym of black bile.

Meanings

nounblack cholic (uncountable)

alternative black colic

  1. historicaluncountablemedicineSynonym of black bile.

    Red cholic makes them thin, though eating much, swift, bold, wrathful, agile. Black cholic makes them serious of settled disposition, even sad.

    1999, Robert Lacey, Danny Danziger, The Year 1000: What life was like at the turn of The First Millennium, London: Abacus, published 2000, page 128

    Synonyms: melancholy, black bile

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of black bile.

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