"choleric" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈkɒl(ə)ɹɪk/ [UK], /ˈkɑlɝɪk/ [General-American], /kəˈlɛɹɪk/ [General-American], /ˈkɔl(ɘ)ɹɘk/ [New-Zealand], /kɘˈliəɹɘk/ [New-Zealand] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-choleric.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more choleric [comparative], most choleric [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English colerik, from Old French colerique, from Latin cholericus. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ǵʰelh₃-}}, {{inh|en|enm|colerik}} Middle English colerik, {{uder|en|fro|colerique}} Old French colerique, {{uder|en|la|cholericus}} Latin cholericus Head templates: {{en-adj}} choleric (comparative more choleric, superlative most choleric)
  1. (according to theories of the four humours or temperaments) Having a temperament characterized by an excess of choler; easily becoming angry. Categories (topical): Personality Synonyms (easily becoming angry): ill-tempered, irascible, temperamental Translations (easily becoming angry): ὀξύθυμος (oxúthumos) (Ancient Greek), раздразнителен (razdraznitelen) (Bulgarian), сприхав (sprihav) (Bulgarian), colèric (Catalan), cholerisch (Dutch), kwaad (Dutch), koleerinen (Finnish), raivoisa (Finnish), colérico (Galician), kolerikus (Hungarian), lobbanékony (Hungarian), hirtelen haragú (Hungarian), ingerlékeny (Hungarian), collerico (Italian), whanewhane (Maori), colérico (Portuguese), colérico (Spanish), kolerisk (Swedish), холерик (xoleryk) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-choleric-en-adj-h3Th6fUT Disambiguation of Personality: 41 2 3 27 7 20 Disambiguation of 'easily becoming angry': 95 1 1 2 Disambiguation of 'easily becoming angry': 95 1 1 2
  2. Showing or expressing anger. Synonyms (showing anger): wrathful, irate, angry, indignant, vexed
    Sense id: en-choleric-en-adj-pVCusoUz Disambiguation of 'showing anger': 13 70 2 16
  3. Of or relating to cholera (infectious disease).
    Sense id: en-choleric-en-adj-cJjxCw9T
  4. (obsolete) Causing an excess of choler. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-choleric-en-adj-KYH~aU67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: choler

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkɒl(ə)ɹɪk/ [UK], /ˈkɑlɝɪk/ [General-American], /kəˈlɛɹɪk/ [General-American], /ˈkɔl(ɘ)ɹɘk/ [New-Zealand], /kɘˈliəɹɘk/ [New-Zealand] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-choleric.wav [Southern-England] Forms: cholerics [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English colerik, from Old French colerique, from Latin cholericus. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ǵʰelh₃-}}, {{inh|en|enm|colerik}} Middle English colerik, {{uder|en|fro|colerique}} Old French colerique, {{uder|en|la|cholericus}} Latin cholericus Head templates: {{en-noun}} choleric (plural cholerics)
  1. A person with a choleric temperament.
    Sense id: en-choleric-en-noun-EHog0ziS
  2. A person suffering from cholera (infectious disease).
    Sense id: en-choleric-en-noun-BEguFbZ3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 17 15 14 3 35 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 14 14 12 12 4 43

Inflected forms

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      "ipa": "/ˈkɑlɝɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kəˈlɛɹɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɔl(ɘ)ɹɘk/",
      "tags": [
        "New-Zealand"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɘˈliəɹɘk/",
      "tags": [
        "New-Zealand"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "sense": "easily becoming angry",
      "word": "ill-tempered"
    },
    {
      "sense": "easily becoming angry",
      "word": "irascible"
    },
    {
      "sense": "easily becoming angry",
      "word": "temperamental"
    },
    {
      "sense": "showing anger",
      "word": "wrathful"
    },
    {
      "sense": "showing anger",
      "word": "irate"
    },
    {
      "sense": "showing anger",
      "word": "angry"
    },
    {
      "sense": "showing anger",
      "word": "indignant"
    },
    {
      "sense": "showing anger",
      "word": "vexed"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razdraznitelen",
      "sense": "easily becoming angry",
      "word": "раздразнителен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sprihav",
      "sense": "easily becoming angry",
      "word": "сприхав"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "easily becoming angry",
      "word": "colèric"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "easily becoming angry",
      "word": "cholerisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "easily becoming angry",
      "word": "kwaad"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "easily becoming angry",
      "word": "koleerinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "easily becoming angry",
      "word": "raivoisa"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "easily becoming angry",
      "word": "colérico"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "oxúthumos",
      "sense": "easily becoming angry",
      "word": "ὀξύθυμος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "easily becoming angry",
      "word": "kolerikus"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "easily becoming angry",
      "word": "lobbanékony"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "easily becoming angry",
      "word": "hirtelen haragú"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "easily becoming angry",
      "word": "ingerlékeny"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "easily becoming angry",
      "word": "collerico"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "easily becoming angry",
      "word": "whanewhane"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "easily becoming angry",
      "word": "colérico"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "easily becoming angry",
      "word": "colérico"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "easily becoming angry",
      "word": "kolerisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "xoleryk",
      "sense": "easily becoming angry",
      "word": "холерик"
    }
  ],
  "word": "choleric"
}

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    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰelh₃-",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
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      "name": "root"
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    {
      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "colerique"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French colerique",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "cholericus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin cholericus",
      "name": "uder"
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "c. 1915, John Adams, Making the Most of One’s Mind, New York: Hodder & Stoughton, page 21",
          "text": "The cholerics show ambition, stubbornness, love of work, courage […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "text": "1984, Tim LaHaye, Your Temperament: Discover its Potential, republished as Why You Act the Way You Do, Carol Stream, Illinois: Tyndale House, 2012,\nNo one utters more caustic comments than a sarcastic choleric!"
        }
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1832, Ashbel Smith, The Cholera Spasmodica, New York: P. Hill, page 59",
          "text": "Persons laboring under pulmonary affections appear to be less liable than others, though I have found softened tubercles in some cholerics.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "A person suffering from cholera (infectious disease)."
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      "ipa": "/ˈkɒl(ə)ɹɪk/",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɑlɝɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kəˈlɛɹɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɔl(ɘ)ɹɘk/",
      "tags": [
        "New-Zealand"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɘˈliəɹɘk/",
      "tags": [
        "New-Zealand"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
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}

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