atrabiliary
/ˌæt.ɹəˈbɪl.i.əɹ.i/
"atrabiliary" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“atrabiliary” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or relating to black bile.
Corpus desk
Index EN-atrabiliary · atrabiliary · English
atrabiliary · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | atrabiliary |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌæt.ɹəˈbɪl.i.əɹ.i/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “atrabiliary” in English
Rare enough to double-check
atrabiliary is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˌæt.ɹəˈbɪl.i.əɹ.i/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for atrabiliary in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin ātra bīlis (“black bile”) (āter (“dark, black”) + bīlis (“bile”)) + -ary. The correct English form is atrabiliary, spelled A-T-R-A-B-I-L-I-A-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Of or relating to black bile.
- 2Melancholic or hypochondriac; atrabilious.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how atrabiliary appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A Cancer again is known by its renitency of touch, if it be mild it carries a black or livid colour outwards, so made by the peccant humour or atrabiliary juice; there's no heat felt on the touch, but rather a coldness in the part; […]
[…] 'Tis true, when once a Schirrus is formed in a glandular Part, no one can tell how it may terminate; becauſe various changes may ariſe from various Cauſes in the Conſtitution of the Perſon; and if the Juices ſhould degenerate into a highly acrid, or what the Ancients termed an atrabiliary State, the Schirrus will be (cæteris paribus) more liable to be…
Etymology
From Latin ātra bīlis (“black bile”) (āter (“dark, black”) + bīlis (“bile”)) + -ary.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.