n. 1 hist. one of the four humours, bile. 2 poet. or archaic anger, irascibility.
[ ME f. OF colere bile, anger f. L cholera f. Gk kholera diarrhoea, in LL = bile, anger, f. Gk khole bile ]
n. 1 hist. one of the four humours, bile. 2 poet. or archaic anger, irascibility.
[ ME f. OF colere bile, anger f. L cholera f. Gk kholera diarrhoea, in LL = bile, anger, f. Gk khole bile ]
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012