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choler

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++chol·er /ˈkɒlə $ ˈkɑːlər/ noun [uncountable]  literaryBAD AT great anger 怒气,盛怒 What had brought on this fit of choler? 为何如此大动肝火?
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cholerWhat, you may ask, has brought on this fit of choler on my part?The water in the marsh is hosting a fire that feeds untended like jealousy or wrath, choler on black bile.
Origin choler (1300-1400) Old French colère, from Latin cholera disease caused by bile, from Greek, from chole bile; because bile was thought to cause anger
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choler
choler /ˈkɒlə $ ˈkɑːlər/ noun [uncountable]
 Date: 1300-1400
 Language: Old French
 Origin: colère, from Latin cholera __disease caused by bile__, from Greek, from chole __bile__; because bile was thought to cause anger
literary great anger:
    What had brought on this fit of choler?