Choleraic
/ˌkɒl.əˈreɪ.ɪk/noun
Relating to or affected by cholera, or having a bilious, irritable disposition.
Did you know?The word ultimately traces back to Greek *khole* meaning “bile,” the same ancient body-fluid root behind words like *choler* and the old idea that anger and sickness could be linked by the body’s hidden humors.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Greek
χολή (kholḗ)
“bile; gall; by extension, anger or irascibility”
Late Latin
Latin
cholera
“cholera; also a kind of bilious disorder”
Middle French
French
cholere
“cholera; also anger, wrath”
16th-17th Century
English
cholera
“a severe intestinal disease causing violent diarrhea and dehydration”
17th-18th Century
English
choleraic
“relating to cholera; in older medical use, bilious or choleric in temperament”
Modern English
English
choleraic
“pertaining to cholera or resembling it in symptoms or character”
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