adjective · rare

choleric

chol·er·ic

choleric · more choleric · most choleric

холерик

Of or relating to cholerSenses relating to choler or yellow bile (“one of the four humours formerly believed to be secreted by the liver”).: Of or relating to choler.

UK/ˈkɒləɹɪk/US/ˈkɑləɹɪk/

» It isn't easy to live with a choleric person.

Meaning

11 senses

Senses relating to choler or yellow bile (“one of the four humours formerly believed to be secreted by the liver”).
(historical)Of or relating to choler.
(historical)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 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.
(historical)Of a planet or zodiac sign, season, etc.: affecting people having an excess of choler, causing anger or irritability.
Senses relating to choler or yellow bile (“one of the four humours formerly believed to be secreted by the liver”).
(broadly)Of a person: having a tendency to become angry easily; bad-tempered, irritable; also, feeling or showing anger; angry, enraged.
холерикxoleryk
(broadly)Of an act, feeling, words, etc.: arising from or showing anger.
Senses relating to cholera (“any of several acute infectious diseases caused by certain strains of the Vibrio cholerae bacterium”).
Senses relating to cholera (“any of several acute infectious diseases caused by certain strains of the Vibrio cholerae bacterium”).
Synonym of choleraic (“of or relating to cholera; also, affected by cholera”).
Senses relating to choler or yellow bile (“one of the four humours formerly believed to be secreted by the liver”).
(historical, obsolete)Of a body organ: affected by or containing choler, especially when abnormal or excessive.
(historical, obsolete)Of a disease or symptom: caused by choler, especially when abnormal or excessive.
(historical, obsolete)Of food: causing an excess of choler in the body.
(broadly, obsolete)Hot; also, hot and dry.

More definitions

characterized by anger
quickly aroused to anger
easily moved to anger

Examples

1 sentences

It isn't easy to live with a choleric person.
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Translations

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By meaning 1

of a person: having a tendency to become angry easily — see also bad-tempered, irritable:

Origin

From Middle English colerik (“(adjective) of or relating to, or dominated by, choler; of d

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 etymon Late Latin cholericus (“quick to anger”), Latin cholericus (“person having cholera”), from Ancient Greek χολερικός (kholerikós, “of or relating to cholera”), from χολέρᾰ (kholéră, “cholera”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, suffix meaning ‘of or relating to’). Χολέρᾰ (Kholéră) is possibly from Pre-Greek, or from χολή (kholḗ, “bile; gall”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“green; yellow”). By surface analysis, choler + -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or relating to’). Piecewise doublet of choleraic.

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