ˈkälə(r), ˈkōl- noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English coler, from Middle French colere, from Latin cholera bilious disease, from Greek, from cholē bile; akin to Irish Gaelic galar disease — more at gall
1.
a. archaic : yellow bile
b. obsolete : bile 1a
2. obsolete : biliousness
3. : irascibility : ready disposition to anger and irritation
my choler rising at the virulence of her invective — Ellery Sedgwick