choleric

Meanings

Adjective

• (according to theories of the four humours or temperaments) Having a temperament characterized by an excess of choler; easily becoming angry.
• Showing or expressing anger.
• Of or relating to cholera (infectious disease).
• Causing an excess of choler.

Noun

• A person with a choleric temperament.
• A person suffering from cholera (infectious disease).

Related

Similar words

• ill-tempered, irascible, temperamental
• wrathful, irate, angry, indignant, vexed

Origin

• From Middle English colerik, from Old French colerique, from Latin cholericus.