Choler : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Choler	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Choler
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
choler n an irritable petulant feeling [syn: irritability, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, peevishness, petulance, choler] a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance Synonym(s): anger, choler, ire a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the liver and to cause irritability and anger Synonym(s): yellow bile, choler
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Choler \Chol"er\, n. [OE. coler, F. col[8a]re anger, L. cholera a bilious complaint, fr. Gr. [?] cholera, fr. [?], [?], bile. See {Gall}, and cf. {Cholera}.] 1. 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. 2. Irritation of the passions; anger; wrath. He is rash and very sudden in choler. --Shak.