Added 10 October 2026
choleric
/ˈkɒləɹɪk/ adjective
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Senses relating to choler or yellow bile (“one of the four humours formerly believed to be secreted by the liver”). Of or relating to choler. Of a person: having an excess of choler, and thus having a tendency to become angry easily; also, of a person's complexion or temperament: dominated by choler.
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- Of or relating to choler. Of a person: having an excess of choler, and thus having a tendency to become angry easily; also, of a person's complexion or temperament: dominated by choler.
- Of or relating to choler.
noun
- Senses relating to choler. A person having an excess of choler, and thus having a tendency to become angry easily; preceded by the: such people collectively. A person having a tendency to become angry easily; preceded by the: such people collectively.
- A person having an excess of choler, and thus having a tendency to become angry easily; preceded by the: such people collectively.
- A person having a tendency to become angry easily; preceded by the: such people collectively.
Origin
From Middle English colerik (“(adjective) of or relating to, or dominated by, choler; of diseases: caused by excessive or toxic choler; of persons or their temperament: dominated by choler, irascible, quick to anger, choleric; of weather or zodiac signs: favourable to choler; (noun) person dominated by choler, person who is irascible or quick to anger; etc.”), from Anglo-Norman coleric, colerik, colerique, Middle French colerique, and Old French colerique (“(adjective) of or relating to choler; of persons or their temperament: dominated by choler, irascible, quick to anger; angry, enraged; (noun) person dominated by choler; person who is irascible”) (modern French cholérique), and from their.
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