2. Easily irritated; irascible; inclined to anger.
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3. Angry; indicating anger; excited by anger. ``Choleric
speech.'' --Sir W. Raleigh.
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{Choleric temperament}, the bilious temperament. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
choleric — index bilious, bitter (penetrating), critical (faultfinding), dyseptic, fractious, petulant, res … Law dictionary
choleric — (adj.) mid 14c., colrik, bilious of temperament or complexion, from O.Fr. colerique, from L.L. cholericus, from Gk. kholerikos (see CHOLER (Cf. choler)). Meaning easily angered, hot tempered is from 1580s (from the supposed effect of excess… … Etymology dictionary
choleric — splenetic, testy, *irascible, touchy, cranky, cross Analogous words: *irritable, fractious, huffy, querulous, petulant, peevish: *angry, acrimonious, wrathful, wroth, indignant, mad, irate: fiery, peppery, spunky (see SPIRITED): captious, carping … New Dictionary of Synonyms
choleric — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ bad tempered or irritable … English terms dictionary
choleric — [käl′ər ik, kə ler′ik] adj. [ME colerik, having choler as the predominant humor, hence of bilious temperament < OFr colerique < L cholericus < Gr cholerikos: see CHOLERA] 1. having or showing a quick temper or irascible nature 2. Obs. of … English World dictionary
choleric — [[t]kɒ̱lərɪk[/t]] ADJ GRADED A choleric person gets angry very easily. You can also use choleric to describe a person who is very angry. [FORMAL] ...his choleric disposition... Most choleric of all were those who suspected the BBC of foul play.… … English dictionary
choleric — cholerically, cholericly, adv. cholericness, n. /kol euhr ik, keuh ler ik/, adj. 1. extremely irritable or easily angered; irascible: a choleric disposition. 2. Obs. a. bilious. b. causing biliousness. [1300 50; ME colerik < ML colericus bilious … Universalium
choleric — chol|e|ric [ˈkɔlərık US ˈka: ] adj literary bad tempered or angry ▪ He was a choleric, ill tempered man … Dictionary of contemporary English
choleric — chol|er|ic [ kalərık, kə lerık ] adjective FORMAL a choleric person becomes angry very easily … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
choleric — adjective literary bad tempered or angry: an unbalanced choleric individual … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
