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choleric

adjective

cho·​ler·​ic ˈkä-lə-rik How to pronounce choleric (audio) kə-ˈler-ik How to pronounce choleric (audio)
1
: easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered
a perpetually choleric old grouser
2
: angry, irate
a choleric outburst
cholerically
ˈkä-lə-ri-k(ə-)lē How to pronounce choleric (audio)
kə-ˈler-i-k(ə-)lē
adverb

Example Sentences

watch out for the choleric librarian at the reference desk I absolutely get choleric when a telemarketer calls during the dinner hour.
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Word History

Etymology

see cholera

First Known Use

1556, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of choleric was in 1556

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