Dictionary entry

Choler

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Chol″er (?), n. [OE. coler, F. colère anger, L. cholera a bilious complaint, fr. Gr. � cholera, fr. �, χολή, bile. See Gall, and cf. Cholera.] 1. The bile; — formerly supposed to be the seat and cause of irascibility.

His 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.