choleric
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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
Their Choleric debuts in “The Four Temperaments” and their returns to the tall girl in “Rubies” showed their different ways of holding the stage, of etching themselves into the music.
From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2022
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
Choleric Drouet steps out and steps in, with long-flowing nightgown; looking abroad, with that sharpness of faculty which stirred choler gives to man.
From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas
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