antibilious

American  

[an-tee-bil-yuhs, an-tahy-] / ˌæn tiˈbɪl yəs, ˌæn taɪ- /

adjective

1. serving to prevent or cure biliousness.

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Etymology

Origin of antibilious

First recorded in 1810–20; anti- + bilious

Example Sentences

The matter of which it was composed was gas, of such an extraordinary and unimaginable gasiness that millions of cubic miles of it might easily be compressed into a common antibilious pill-box.

From Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science by Allen, Grant

Or perhaps it would be best to wake him up and give him two antibilious pills.

From The Mystery of Cloomber by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

And with us the ruddy Solanum has obtained a wide popularity not simply at table as a tasty cooling sallet, or an appetising stew, but essentially as a supposed antibilious purifier of the blood.

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas

The scoundrels have nearly demolished two dozen antibilious pills.

From The King's Own by Marryat, Frederick

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

From Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore by Taylor, Benjamin