choleric

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

CHOLERIC, adjective 1. Abounding with choler. 2. Easily irritated; irascible; inclined to anger; as a choleric man. 3. Angry; indicating anger; excited by anger; as a choleric speech.
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