choleric
adjective /ˈkɒlərɪk/
/ˈkɑːlərɪk/
(formal)- easily made angry
易怒的；暴躁的；动辄发怒的 - He was a choleric, self-important little man.
他是一个脾气暴躁、自负的小人。
词源Middle English (in the sense ‘bilious’): from Old French cholerique, via Latin from Greek kholerikos, from kholera ‘diarrhoea’, which in late Latin acquired the senses ‘bile or anger’, from Greek kholē ‘bile’. - He was a choleric, self-important little man.