单词 | cholericness |
释义 | † cholericnessn. Obsolete. The state or quality of being choleric; irascibility; anger. Also in extended use. Cf. choler n. 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > [noun] hastinessc1325 melancholya1375 hastivenessa1393 hastivessa1393 rese?a1400 hastivitya1500 fumishness1519 choler1530 firishness1568 cholericness1571 waspishness1593 fieriness1625 irascibility1750 parlousness1755 temper1828 provocability1834 quickness1863 tempersomeness1909 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (lxxiii. 21) i. f. 278v/1 He compareth his choleriknesse too Leuen. 1627 W. Sclater Briefe Expos. 2 Thess. 295 Through pride of heart, and choleriquenes. 1676 C. Molloy De Jure Maritimo i. xiv. 146 That mighty Republique by their greatest industry and wisedom hath not been yet able to quell the colerickness of War (whereby the lustfull heat of so many hearts is redoubled). 1747 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. I. 779 The cholerickness of his nature. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1571 |
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