choleric
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For centuries the finest medical minds harped on attuning a balance among the four humors—sanguine, choleric, melancholic and phlegmatic—in tender young constitutions by adjusting the proportions of hot-cold and moist-dry elements in the diet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
“Palace Fury at Megflix,” The Daily Mail said, though just how choleric the royal family was is open to debate.
From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2022
Goodell’s imposition of “discipline” — an infantilizing word for adult workplace conduct — has veered between politically calculating and choleric.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 2, 2022
His leadership style may be choleric, but that is not what caused him to fulfill his horrific fate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2020
The innkeeper, who was a choleric gnome of poor disposition, looked out of the door.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
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