cholerous

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noun

Of or related to choler, yellow bile; choleric

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Meanings

nouncholerous (plural cholerouses)

plural cholerouses

  1. obsoleteOf or related to choler, yellow bile; choleric

    Which will accompanied be with flegmatick and cholerous humours.

    1658, Thomas Meriton, Love and War: A Tragedy, page 4
  2. obsoleteAngry or irritable; choleric

    A cholerous soldier, jealous of his rights, struck the vase with his axe, exclaiming that the king had no right to more than fell to his allotment.

    1830, Eyre Evans Crowe, The History of France, page 4
  3. obsoleteAfflicted or contaminated with cholera.

    Persons who became ill, soon after being exposed to the influences of an atmosphere supposed to be impregnated with cholerous exhalations.

    1833, The Medico-chirurgical Review and Journal of Practical Medicine, page 246
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