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chol⋅er

  [kol-er]
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–noun
1. irascibility; anger; wrath; irritability.
2. Old Physiology. yellow bile.
3. Obsolete. biliousness.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME colera < ML, L cholera < Gk choléra cholera
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chol·er   (kŏl'ər, kō'lər)   
n.  

  1. Anger; irritability.

    1. One of the four humors of ancient and medieval physiology, thought to cause anger and bad temper when present in excess; yellow bile.

    2. Obsolete The quality and condition of being bilious.


[Middle English colre, from Old French, from Latin cholera, cholera, jaundice, from Greek kholera, from kholē, bile; see ghel-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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Main Entry:  choler1
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  bile
Etymology:  Greek name of a disease
Main Entry:  choler2
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  constant irritation or anger; wrath
Etymology:  Greek name of a disease
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Word Origin & History

choler 
c.1390, "bile," as one of the humors, supposed to cause irascibility or temper, from O.Fr. colre "bile, anger," from L.L. cholera "bile" (see cholera).
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choler n.

  1. Anger; irritability.

  2. One of the four humors of ancient and medieval physiology, thought to cause anger and bad temper when present in excess. Also called yellow bile.

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