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2 definitions found 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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