collerico

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cholericus, from Ancient Greek χολερικός (kholerikós). Compare colerico.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kolˈlɛ.ri.ko/
• Rhymes: -ɛriko
• Hyphenation: col‧lè‧ri‧co

Adjective

collerico (feminine collerica, masculine plural collerici, feminine plural colleriche)

1. (humours/humors or temperaments theory, obsolete) bilious

   Synonym: bilioso

2. quick-tempered, irascible, choleric

   Synonyms: bilioso, (literary) colleroso, (literary) iracondo, irascibile, iroso, rabbioso

   Antonyms: calmo, placido, sereno, tranquillo

Derived terms

• collericamente

Related terms

• colerico
• collera
• incollerirsi

Noun

collerico m (plural collerici, feminine collerica)

1. a quick-tempered or irascible person

Further reading

• collerico in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana