bileux
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French
Etymology
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.
Related terms
References
- “bileux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.