choler

English

Etymology

From Middle English coler (yellow bile), from Old French colere (bile, anger), from Latin cholera (bilious disease), from Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ, bile). Doublet of cholera.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: kō'lər

Noun

choler (usually uncountable, plural cholers)

  1. Anger or irritability.
  2. One of the four humours of ancient physiology, also known as yellow bile.

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