Choleric
Definitions
- Senses relating to choler.
- A person having an excess of choler, and thus having a tendency to become angry easily; preceded by the: such people collectively.
- A person having a tendency to become angry easily; preceded by the: such people collectively.
- Senses relating to cholera.
- Synonym of choleraic (“a person suffering from cholera”).
Examples
“According to the difference of Mens Conſtitutions, ſo they have⟳ choſen various VVays, that did moſt ſute vvith their Tempers, […] The Sanguine love⟳ Pageantry; the Flegmatick, the dull return⟳ of their Forms; the Melancholy affect⟳ Severities; and the Cholerick are peeviſh and paſſionate, and think⟳ thoſe Heats that are natural to them, are Sacrifices of great value vvith God. But vvill he accept⟳ of theſe from ſuch defiled hands?”
“According as one or other of these fluids or "humours" got the upper hand in the body, did the person belong⟳ to one or other of the four recognized temperaments—the sanguine, the phlegmatic (or lymphatic), the choleric, the melancholic. Certain qualities were assumed to belong⟳ to each of these temperaments. […] The cholerics show⟳ ambition, stubbornness, love⟳ of work⟳, courage; […]”
“[A]s Plutarch ſaith, Men are not vvoont to dravv a freſh cheeſe vvith a hooke: but as for the cholericke, they dravv not, but brooze, breake and ſhatter in peeces; and in ſtead of dravving, do thruſt off children from comming to learning.”
“[W]e ſhall produce⟳ one great group of orators, in vvhich vvill be exhibited ſpecimens of every branch of the art. You vvill have⟳ at one vievv, the choleric, the placid, the voluble, the frigid, the frothy, the turgid, the calm, and the clamorous; […]”
“But, unlike the Sanguine, the Choleric are vindictive. […] Cholerics dream⟳ of thunder and of bright, dangerous things, like⟳ arrows and fire, as Peretelote knows[…].”
“Cholerics are extremely hostile people. Some learn⟳ to control⟳ their anger, but eruption into violence is always a possibility with them. […] No one utters more caustic comments than a sarcastic choleric! He is usually reading with a cutting comment⟳ that can wither the insecure and devastate the less combative.”
“Persons laboring under pulmonary affections appear⟳ to be less liable than others, though I have⟳ found softened tubercles in some cholerics.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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