choleric
adjective
cho·ler·ic
ˈkä-lə-rik 
kə-ˈler-ik
kə-ˈler-ik
1
: easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered
a perpetually choleric old grouser
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watch out for the choleric librarian at the reference desk
I absolutely get choleric when a telemarketer calls during the dinner hour.
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Answering the question now is choleric.
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John Baldoni, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2021
Even outside politics, Mr. Jones’s choleric, wide-eyed style has influenced the way in which a new generation of conspiracy theorists looks for fame online.
—Kevin Roose, New York Times, 6 Aug. 2022
Mask agonists tend to be both crumbly and choleric, a bad combination and ample reason to seek comfort.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 17 Mar. 2022
He is replaced by a choleric, more professional West Indian, a lean black man with a faint, unplaceable accent.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021
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John Baldoni, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2021
Even outside politics, Mr. Jones’s choleric, wide-eyed style has influenced the way in which a new generation of conspiracy theorists looks for fame online.
—Kevin Roose, New York Times, 6 Aug. 2022
Mask agonists tend to be both crumbly and choleric, a bad combination and ample reason to seek comfort.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 17 Mar. 2022
He is replaced by a choleric, more professional West Indian, a lean black man with a faint, unplaceable accent.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021
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choleric
adjective
cho·ler·ic
ˈkäl-ə-rik
kə-ˈler-ik
kə-ˈler-ik
: easily made angry : hot tempered
Etymology
from earlier choler "yellow bile," from Middle English coler (same meaning), from early French colere (same meaning), from Latin cholera "cholera," from Greek (same meaning), taken by ancient authors as caused by bile (Greek cholē) see Word History at humor
Medical Definition
choleric
adjective
cho·ler·ic
ˈkäl-ə-rik
kə-ˈler-ik
kə-ˈler-ik
: easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered
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