antibilious

[ an-tee-bil-yuhs, an-tahy- ]

adjective

1. serving to prevent or cure biliousness.

Word History and Origins

Origin of antibilious¹

First recorded in 1810–20; anti- + bilious

Example Sentences

Antibilious, an′ti-bil′yus, adj. of use against biliousness.

From Project Gutenberg

In other words, the thistle was held to possess all the virtues now claimed for podophyllum, blue-pill, and dandelion—a universal antibilious agent!

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Choked with the box, the fallen knight held up his hands for quarter; but Timothy continued until the end of the vial, breaking out the top and bottom of the pasteboard receptacle, forty-and-eight of antibilious pills rolled in haste down Red-head’s throat.

From Project Gutenberg

Dorothy," replied Mr. Port, with much solemnity, "you evidently forget—though I certainly have mentioned the fact to you repeatedly—that the climate of this portion of Rhode Island is the most distinctively antibilious climate to be found upon the whole coast of North America.

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The scoundrels have nearly demolished two dozen antibilious pills.

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