Meaning

noun an irritable petulant feeling

noun a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance

noun a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the liver and to cause irritability and anger

originFrom Middle English coler (“yellow bile”), from Old French colere (“bile, anger”), from Latin cholera (“bilious disease”), from Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ, “bile”). Doublet of cholera.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0