choleric
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Goodell’s imposition of “discipline” — an infantilizing word for adult workplace conduct — has veered between politically calculating and choleric.
From Washington Post • Aug. 2, 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
Despite choleric issues on the floor, perhaps the best news in the House is that neither Maloney nor Pingree deserted the chair.
From Fox News • Jul. 17, 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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