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Added 9 October 2026

choler

/ˈkɒlə(ɹ)/ noun

Latin root: cholera Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about choler at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

An irritable petulant feeling.
A strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance.
A humor that was once believed to be secreted by the liver and to cause irritability and anger.

Origin

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.

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