at rabi lari an

[Fr. atrabilaire; Sp. at rabi lari (o); Eng. suff. -ian or-an. From Fr. and Ital. atrabile; Sp. & Port. atrabilis = black bile; Lat. atra, fem. of ater = black, and bilisgall, bile. Cognate with Gr. χολή ( chole ), χόλος ( cholos ) = gall, bile.] [ATRABILIS, CHOLERIC, MELANCHOLY.] Pertaining to "black bile," which the ancients supposed to be the cause of the melancholic temperament and its product melancholy; hence atrabiliar i an and the cognate adjectives signify also melancholy. "The at rabi lari an constitution (or a black, viscous, pitchy consistence of the fluids) makes all secretions difficult and sparing."-Arbuthnot: Diet.