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red colic

red colic is the alternative spelling of red cholic.

Meaning of red cholic

Noun

red cholic (uncountable)

  1. (historical) Synonym of yellow bile.
    • Red cholic makes them thin, though eating much, swift, bold, wrathful, agile. Black cholic makes them serious of settled disposition, even sad.1999, Robert Lacey, Danny Danziger, The Year 1000: What life was like at the turn of The First Millennium, London: Abacus, published 2000, page 128
    Synonyms:
    choler, yellow bile

Questions about red colic

What is red colic the alternative spelling of?
Red colic is the alternative spelling of red cholic.

Words near red colic in the dictionary

  1. red clumps
  2. Red Clydeside
  3. red coat
  4. red coats
  5. red codling
  6. red colic
  7. red colobus
  8. red colobuses
  9. red copper
  10. red coral
  11. red corals

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