choleric
adjective/ˈkɒlərɪk/, /kɒˈlerɪk/
/ˈkɑːlərɪk/, /kəˈlerɪk/
(formal)- easily made angry synonym bad-tempered
- He was a choleric, self-important little man.
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘bilious’): from Old French cholerique, via Latin from Greek kholerikos, from kholera ‘diarrhoea’, which in late Latin acquired the senses ‘bile or anger’, from Greek kholē ‘bile’.
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