bileux

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.

Related terms

• se faire de la bile / ne pas se faire de bile

References

• “bileux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.