choler Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun an irritable petulant feeling
irritability; crossness; fretfulness; petulance; peevishness; fussiness.
noun a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
anger; ire.
noun a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the liver and to cause irritability and anger
yellow bile.

OE. coler, F. colère anger, L. cholera a bilious complaint, fr. Gr. cholera, fr. , , bile. See Gall, and cf. Cholera.

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.
Irritation of the passions; anger; wrath.
He is rash and very sudden in choler. Shak.