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French
Etymology
From bile + -eux.
Pronunciation
Adjective
bileux (feminine bileuse, masculine plural bileux, feminine plural bileuses)
- (colloquial) bilious (worrisome, irritable, or otherwise easily upset)
n’être pas bileux- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
2018, Zaz, Je parle:Bien sûr qu’on se perd parfois ; mais le timide, le taiseux, le cynique, le bileux, l’indécis […] se perdent aussi.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes
Because of their mutual resemblance, this word is sometimes mistaken as an alternative form of the medical adjective bilieux.
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