choleric
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A hot and dry person was thought to be choleric and ruled by yellow bile, associated with childhood and summer.
From Washington Post • Nov. 7, 2022
Even outside politics, Mr. Jones’s choleric, wide-eyed style has influenced the way in which a new generation of conspiracy theorists looks for fame online.
From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2022
Some of the most amusing hate mail I’ve ever gotten was from choleric New Yorkers in 1998.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2021
Her father, Giuseppe, a loud, choleric Triestine, always took a cold shower in the morning:
From The New Yorker • Jul. 22, 2019
The innkeeper, who was a choleric gnome of poor disposition, looked out of the door.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
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