† ˈcholericness Obs.
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
Choleric state or quality; passionateness, irascibility, anger, peevishness.
| 1571 Golding Calvin on Ps. lxxiii. 21 He compareth his choleriknesse to Leven. 1626 W. Sclater Expos. 2 Thess. (1629) 295 Through pride of heart, and choleriquenes. 1747 Carte Hist. Eng. I. 779 The cholerickness of his nature. |