choleric in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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People were thought to be either of the four temperaments: choleric, melancholic, phlegmatic, or sanguine.
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Two of these temperaments, sanguine and choleric, shared a common trait: quickness of response (corresponding to heat), while the melancholic and phlegmatic shared the opposite, a longer response (coldness).
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Given their choleric nature, men exhibited hot temperatures and were quick to anger.
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Therefore, it was evident that the sanguine and choleric shared a common trait: quickness of response, while the melancholy and phlegmatic shared the opposite, a longer response.
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Also, the melancholy and sanguine would be sort of opposites, as the choleric and phlegmatic, since they have opposite traits.
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As indicated in the subtitle, each of its four movements is a musical sketch of a humor of the four temperaments: choleric, phlegmatic, melancholic, and sanguine.
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His temperament was impulsive and choleric, and his education but modest.
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He found it difficult to suffer fools gladly and this, combined with a somewhat choleric temperament at times, alienated some of his acquaintances.
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However, the choleric would be characterized by quick expressions of anger, while the melancholy would build up anger slowly, silently, before exploding.
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He yells at the servants for serving mutton, a choleric food, to two people who are already choleric.
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