choler
/ˈkɒlə(r)/noun
mass noun
1- (in medieval science and medicine) one of the four bodily humours, identified with bile, believed to be associated with a peevish or irascible temperament(中世纪科学及医学)胆汁, 黄胆汁(四种体液之一, 被认作与暴躁, 易怒有关)。亦称YELLOW BILE.
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- poetic/literary or archaic anger or irascibility〈诗/文或古〉怒气; 暴躁。
词源
late Middle English (also denoting diarrhoea): from Old French colere 'bile, anger', from Latin cholera 'diarrhoea' (from Greek kholera), which in late Latin acquired the senses 'bile or anger', from Greek kholē 'bile'.