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choler

cho·ler

UK/ˈkɒlə(ɹ)/ uncommon

noun

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a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance

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3.

a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the liver and to cause irritability and anger

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From Middle English coler (“yellow bile”), from Old French colere (“bile, anger”), from Latin cholera (“bilious disease”), from Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ, “bile”). Doublet of cholera.

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