collerico — meaning in English
Italian → English · translate English → Italian instead
English meaning
- cantankerous adj Given to or marked by an ill-tempered, quarrelsome nature; ill-tempered, cranky, crabby.
- choleric adj Senses relating to choler or yellow bile (“one of the four humours formerly believed to be secreted by the liver”).
- explosive adjective Likely to explode, or having the sudden, violent force of an explosion.
Senses
collerico is used for these senses in English:
- cantankerous Given to or marked by an ill-tempered, quarrelsome nature; ill-tempered, cranky, crabby.
- choleric (humorism, historical) Having a temperament characterized by an excess of choler; easily becoming angry.
- explosive (slang) Easily driven to anger, usually with reference to a person.
choleric — full definition
- adj Senses relating to choler or yellow bile (“one of the four humours formerly believed to be secreted by the liver”).
- adj Of or relating to choler.
- adj Of a person: having an excess of choler, and thus having a tendency to become angry easily; also, of a person's complexion or temperament: dominated by choler.
- adj Of a planet or zodiac sign, season, etc.: affecting people having an excess of choler, causing anger or irritability.