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   choleric

   /ˈkɒl(ə)rɪk/

   adjective

   • 1. bad-tempered or irritable: "he was a choleric, self-important little man"
   • ▪ (in medieval medicine) having choler as the predominant bodily humour: "a choleric disposition"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘bilious’): from Old French cholerique, via Latin from Greek kholerikos, from kholera (see choler).

   Derivatives

   • 1. cholerically adverb

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