bileux

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French

Etymology

From bile +‎ -eux.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bi.lø/
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Adjective

bileux (feminine bileuse, masculine plural bileux, feminine plural bileuses)

  1. (colloquial) bilious (worrisome, irritable, or otherwise easily upset)
    n’être pas bileux
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    • 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.
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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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