Bitterness of temper; ill humour; irascibility.
A bitter brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow secretion produced by the liver, stored in the gall bladder, and discharged into the duodenum where it aids the process of digestion.
Two of the four humours, black bile or yellow bile, in ancient and medieval physiology.
Something that causes bitterness or affliction; a cause of mortification or vexation.
An intensely bitter herb (Artemisia absinthium and similar plants in genus Artemisia) used in medicine, in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic.