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bilious Miller seems a bit too quick to blame our bilious political condition for the stifling of conversation. Americans have more often than not in the past been enraged about politics. Rage over the slavery issue produced wholesale political murder in Kansas and assault and battery in the Senate, but it did not prevent Lincoln and Douglas from discussing it publicly in one of the best conversations ever heard.

Accepted Answer

adj. Spiteful or bad-tempered.(Also: affected by or related to nausea or vomiting.) "Conversation on conversation," Great Con binder, p. 2c

Word	bilious
Definition	adj. Spiteful or bad-tempered. (Also: affected by or related to nausea or vomiting.)
Sentence	Miller seems a bit too quick to blame our bilious political condition for the stifling of conversation. Americans have more often than not in the past been enraged about politics. Rage over the slavery issue produced wholesale political murder in Kansas and assault and battery in the Senate, but it did not prevent Lincoln and Douglas from discussing it publicly in one of the best conversations ever heard.
Source	"Conversation on conversation," Great Con binder, p. 2c

Bilious Adj Spiteful Bad Tempered Affected Related Nausea Vomiting