collerico
Italian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin cholericus, from Ancient Greek χολερικός (kholerikós). Compare colerico.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editcollerico (feminine collerica, masculine plural collerici, feminine plural colleriche)
- (humours/humors or temperaments theory, obsolete) bilious
- Synonym: bilioso
- quick-tempered, irascible, choleric
- Synonyms: bilioso, (literary) colleroso, (literary) iracondo, irascibile, iroso, rabbioso
- Antonyms: calmo, placido, sereno, tranquillo
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editNoun
editcollerico m (plural collerici, feminine collerica)
- a quick-tempered or irascible person
Further reading
edit- collerico in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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