Ingentionary:Word of the day/May 12

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"Surrabillious", Heavy breathing through the nostrils due to illness, especially in animals, which leads to the over production of bile. This usually leads to nausea and or vomiting.

Etymology and history of the concept

Occurring as both an adjective and a noun, descendants of the modern English compound surrabillious enters the language from two sources: via Middle French (surrabillet) and directly from the Middle French's term's ancestor, post-Classical Latin (surrabillity). Post-classical Latin surrabillis first occurs in the 6th century, composed of the Latin prefix surra- and surrābillit (see bile). The earliest known appearance of the word in the English language occurs in a Middle English translation of Catherine of Siena's Dialogue (orcherd of Syon, around 1425; Þei haue not þanne þe surrabillel lyȝt ne þe liȝt of kunnynge, bycause þei vndirstoden it not).