choleric

Etymology
From, from , from.

Adjective

 * 1) (according to theories of the four humours or temperaments) Having a temperament characterized by an excess of choler; easily becoming angry.
 * 2) * 1640,, Jacula Prudentum; or, Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, etc., in The Remains of that Sweet Singer of the Temple George Herbert, London: Pickering, 1841, p. 146,
 * From a choleric man withdraw a little; from him that says nothing for ever.
 * 1) Showing or expressing anger.
 * 2) * 2024, Jeremy B. Rudd, ''A Practical Guide to Macroeconomics, p. 2
 * [As] in most revolutionary movements, counterrevolutionary action was dealt with harshly – witness Lucas's (1994) choleric reaction to Ball and Mankiw (1994).
 * 1) Of or relating to cholera.
 * 2)  Causing an excess of choler.
 * 1) * 2024, Jeremy B. Rudd, ''A Practical Guide to Macroeconomics, p. 2
 * [As] in most revolutionary movements, counterrevolutionary action was dealt with harshly – witness Lucas's (1994) choleric reaction to Ball and Mankiw (1994).
 * 1) Of or relating to cholera.
 * 2)  Causing an excess of choler.
 * 1) Of or relating to cholera.
 * 2)  Causing an excess of choler.
 * 1)  Causing an excess of choler.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: colèric
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * Galician: colérico
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ὀξύθυμος
 * Hungarian:, , hirtelen haragú,
 * Italian:
 * Maori: whanewhane
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: холерик

Noun

 * 1) A person with a choleric temperament.
 * 2) * 1984,, Your Temperament: Discover its Potential, republished as Why You Act the Way You Do, Carol Stream, Illinois: Tyndale House, 2012,
 * No one utters more caustic comments than a sarcastic choleric!
 * 1) A person suffering from cholera (infectious disease).
 * 1) A person suffering from cholera (infectious disease).