What does "hot-livered" mean?

Of an irritable temperament; irascible; easily angered.

What is a synonym for "hot-livered"?

Common synonyms include: cantankerous, choleric, crabbit, irascible, irritable, peevish.

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Adjective

1
Of an irritable temperament; irascible; easily angered. archaic
"[Y]ou cite them to appeare for certaine Paragogicall contempts, before a capricious Pædantie of hot-liver’d Grammarians."

"[Y]ou cite them to appeare for certaine Paragogicall contempts, before a capricious Pædantie of hot-liver’d Grammarians."

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