noun
choler
KAH-ler/ˈkɑlər/
Anger or irritability.
Her anger over the ruined papers brings a flush of choler to her face.
Etymology
Latin cholera meant bile, which old medicine counted among the bodily humors. Excess bile was believed to cause irritability, so choler came to name the anger supposedly produced by it.
In context
rather with choler. Your wisdom should show itself more richer to signify this to his doctor
More examples
- She struggled to conceal her rising choler.
- The insult stirred his choler.
- The old novel describes a captain full of choler.
Forms
choler
Similar words
- anger
- Anger is ordinary modern language; choler is literary or old-fashioned.