Choler
noun
noun ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Anger or irritability. uncountable, usually
"Threatned with frowning wrath and iealouſie, Surpriz’d with feare and hideous reuenge, I ſtand agaſt: but moſt aſtonied To ſee his choller ſhut in ſecrete thoughtes, And wrapt in ſilence of his angry ſoule."
- 2 a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the liver and to cause irritability and anger wordnet
- 3 Synonym of yellow bile. historical, uncountable, usually
- 4 a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance wordnet
- 5 an irritable petulant feeling wordnet
Example
More examples"Threatned with frowning wrath and iealouſie, Surpriz’d with feare and hideous reuenge, I ſtand agaſt: but moſt aſtonied To ſee his choller ſhut in ſecrete thoughtes, And wrapt in ſilence of his angry ſoule."
Etymology
From Middle English coler (“yellow bile”), from Old French colere (“bile, anger”), from Latin cholera (“bilious disease”), from Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ, “bile”). Doublet of cholera.
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