choler

(kälər)

noun

  1. Obsolete bile: in medieval times yellow bile was considered to be one of the four humors of the body and the source of anger and irritability
  2. Now Rare anger or ill humor

Origin: altered (by analogy with L forms) < ME & OFr colre < L cholera: see cholera

See choler in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. Anger; irritability.
  2. a. One of the four humors of ancient and medieval physiology, thought to cause anger and bad temper when present in excess; yellow bile.
    b. Obsolete The quality and condition of being bilious.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English colre

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin cholera, cholera, jaundice

Origin: , from Greek kholera

Origin: , from kholē, bile; see ghel-2 in Indo-European roots

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