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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Choler \Chol"er\, n. [OE. coler, F. col[`e]re anger, L. cholera
a bilious complaint, fr Gr ? cholera, fr ?, ?, bile. See
{Gall}, and cf {Cholera}.]
1. The bile; -- formerly supposed to be the seat and cause of
irascibility. [Obs.]
His [Richard Hooker's] complexion . . . was
sanguine, with a mixture of choler; and yet his
motion was slow. --I. Warton.
2. Irritation of the passions; anger; wrath.
He is rash and very sudden in choler. --Shak.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
choler
n 1: an irritable petulant feeling [syn: {irritability}, {crossness},
{fretfulness}, {fussiness}, {peevishness}, {petulance}]
2: a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some
real or supposed grievance [syn: {anger}, {ire}]
3: a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the liver
and to cause irritability and anger [syn: {yellow bile}]
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