choler

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choler

  • /ˈkɒlə(ɹ)/

Sounds like collar · Rhymes with -ɒlə(ɹ)

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From Middle English coler (“yellow bile”), from Old French colere (“bile, anger”), from Latin cholera (“bilious disease”), from Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ, “bile”). Doublet of cholera.

noun cholers

  1. historical, uncountable, usually Yellow bile.
  2. uncountable, usually Anger or irritability. Threatned with frowning wrath and iealouſie, Surpriz’d with feare and hideous reuenge, I ſtand agaſt: but moſt aſtonied To ſee his choller ſhut in ſecrete thoughtes, And wrapt in ſilence of his angry ſoule.

Similar: anger, bile, displeasure, fury, gall, grudge, indignation, ire, passion, rage, spleen, vexation, wrath, yellow bile

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noun one of the four humours

Portuguêscólera

noun anger

Españolcólera
Portuguêscólera
DeutschÄrger, Gereiztheit
Românăfurie, mânie

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"choler." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/choler. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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choler. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/choler

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"choler." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/choler.

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@misc{choler_2026,
  title = {choler},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/choler},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}