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Webster 1913 Edition
Choler
Chol′er
,Noun.
1.
The bile; – formerly supposed to be the seat and cause of irascibility.
[Obs.]
His [Richard Hooker’s] complexion . . . was sanguine, with a mixture of
choler
; and yet his motion was slow. I. Warton.
2.
Irritation of the passions; anger; wrath.
He is rash and very sudden in
choler
. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Choler
CHOLER
,Noun.
1.
The bile. By the superabundance of this fluid, anger was formerly supposed to be produced; or perhaps the opinion was that the bile caused the inflamed appearance of the face in anger. Hence,2.
Anger; wrath; irritation of the passions.Cholera Morbus, a sudden evacuation of bile, both upwards and downwards.