choler
/ˈkɒlə(ɹ)/ noun
Forms cholers
- noun (historical, medicine) Yellow bile.
- noun Anger or irritability.
Synonyms
anger bile displeasure fury gall grudge indignation ire passion rage spleen vexation wrath yellow bile irritability crossness fretfulness fussiness peevishness petulance
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.
Webster’s 1913
- noun The bile; --formerly supposed to be the seat and cause of irascibility. [Obs.]
- noun Irritation of the passions; anger; wrath.
Etymology [OE. coler, F. colère anger, L. cholera a bilious complaint, fr. Gr. Gall, and cf. Cholera.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “choler”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details