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cholerous

cholerous noun: of or related to choler, yellow bile; choleric.

Noun

cholerous (plural cholerouses)

  1. (obsolete) Of or related to choler, yellow bile; choleric
    • Which will accompanied be with flegmatick and cholerous humours.1658, Thomas Meriton, Love and War: A Tragedy, page 4
  2. (obsolete) Angry or irritable; choleric
    • A cholerous soldier, jealous of his rights, struck the vase with his axe, exclaiming that the king had no right to more than fell to his allotment.1830, Eyre Evans Crowe, The History of France, page 4
  3. (obsolete) Afflicted or contaminated with cholera.
    • Persons who became ill, soon after being exposed to the influences of an atmosphere supposed to be impregnated with cholerous exhalations.1833, The Medico-chirurgical Review and Journal of Practical Medicine, page 246

Forms of cholerous

pluralcholerouses

Questions about cholerous

What does cholerous mean?
Cholerous means of or related to choler, yellow bile; choleric.
What part of speech is cholerous?
Cholerous is a noun.
What is the plural of cholerous?
The plural of cholerous is cholerouses.

Words near cholerous in the dictionary

  1. cholerine
  2. cholerization
  3. cholerized
  4. choleroid
  5. cholerophobia
  6. cholerous
  7. cholers
  8. choles
  9. cholescintigraphic
  10. cholescintigraphy
  11. cholest.

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