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choleric

[kol-er-ik, kuh-ler-ik] / ˈkɒl ər ɪk, kəˈlɛr ɪk /
ADJECTIVE
irritable
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As Brent Griffiths at Business Insider explains, the "approach breaks people down into five types: Melancholy, Choleric, Sanguine, Supine, and Phlegmatic."

From Salon • Nov. 1, 2023

In the season’s closing matinee on Sunday at the David H. Koch Theater, Ashley Bouder slashed and thundered her way through Choleric in Balanchine’s “Four Temperaments” with breathtaking force.

From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2014

Choleric lists are another of Ellmann's trademarks, but apart from his enumeration of reasons for breaking up with Gertrude, Harry's lists are mild-mannered.

From The Guardian • Feb. 15, 2013

In more than one performance of “The Four Temperaments,” Ms. Reichlen was the best, most sharply explosive Choleric in many years.

From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2010

Belinchon was called "Don Quixote," and Don Rudesindo "Sancho," Sinforoso the "Marquis of Kicks," and Pe�a "Captain Choleric," etc.

From The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 by Palacio Vald?s, Armando




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