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

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
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