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Meanings of choleric in English

Quickly aroused to anger.

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Usage of choleric in English
1
The Judge resembled Major Colfax in but one trait: he was choleric.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
2
Edward was choleric and stern in his choler, but judicious and politic.
A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 2
3
Which of you would not be as choleric in a like affront?
Imaginary Conversations and Poems: A Selection
4
Lord M. Why now, Bob., thou art more choleric than the Colonel.
Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 8
5
This time, Hillary is trying to fend off a choleric 74-year-old democratic socialist.
The Irish Times
6
He seemed less choleric today, and even managed a sort of tremulous smile.
A feast for crows
7
He died in the month of Chaitra 1755 Sakabda, of a choleric affection.
Five Years of Theosophy
8
And the plethoric, choleric nature of the sufferer from gout has become proverbial.
The Glands Regulating Personality / A Study of the Glands of Int...
9
The rest of us may have started the day in more choleric humour.
The Irish Times
10
Even when he showed himself again in public he was still abnormally choleric.
The Iron Trail
11
I knew the bloody and choleric wretch when he was alive.
Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volum...
12
I am grown choleric and impatient, and will not be controuled.
Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 9
13
From a state of choleric flurry Lady Ogram was passing into irritable delight.
Our Friend the Charlatan
14
If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him.
The Art of War
15
He had a lean, well-bred face, and very choleric blue eyes.
Mr. Standfast
16
His successor was broad-built, choleric, but kind of heart, and came from Ohio.
Pushed and the Return Push
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