colerik
Middle English
Etymology
From Old French colerique, from Latin cholericus; equivalent to coler (“choler”) + -ik.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔlˈɛːrik/, /ˈkɔlɛrik/, /ˈkɔl(ə)rik/
Adjective
colerik
- Having an extreme and dangerous quantity of yellow bile.
- Due to the influence or presence of yellow bile.
- Having one's mood changed by yellow bile; easily angered.
- 14th c., Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, line 589,
- The REVE was a sclendre colerik man.
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- 14th c., Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, line 589,
- (rare) Made of or containing yellow bile or choler.
- (rare) Under the influence of or governed by yellow bile.
- (rare) Having a proclivity to promote black bile.
Descendants
- English: choleric
References
- “colerik, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-12.
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