Meaning & use
choler
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anger or irritability, originally believed in ancient medicine to be caused by an excess of yellow bile.
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The old man's choler flared whenever his routine was disrupted.
His face reddened with choler at the insult.
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Choler comes from the ancient theory of the four humors, in which excess 'yellow bile' was thought to cause a hot temper; the related adjective 'choleric' describes an easily angered person.
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