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  • 31Touchiness — Touch i*ness (t[u^]ch [i^]*n[e^]s), n. The quality or state of being touchy; peevishness; irritability; irascibility. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 32bile — noun Etymology: Latin bilis; akin to Welsh bustl bile Date: 1547 1. a. either of two humors associated in old physiology with irascibility and melancholy b. a yellow or greenish viscid alkaline fluid secreted by the liver and passed into the… …

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  • 33choler — noun Etymology: Middle English coler, from Anglo French colre, colere, from Latin cholera cholera, from Greek Date: 14th century 1. a. archaic yellow bile b. obsolete bile 1a 2 …

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  • 34irascible — adjective Etymology: Middle French, from Late Latin irascibilis, from Latin irasci to become angry, be angry, from ira Date: circa 1530 marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger • irascibility noun • irascibleness noun • irascibly adverb …

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  • 35snappish — adjective Date: 1542 1. a. given to curt irritable speech b. arising from annoyance or irascibility < a snappish remark > 2. inclined to bite < a snappish dog > • snappishly adverb • snappishness noun …

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  • 36yellow bile — noun Date: circa 1823 a humor believed in medieval physiology to be secreted by the liver and to cause irascibility …

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  • 37melancholy — I. noun (plural cholies) Etymology: Middle English malencolie, from Anglo French, from Late Latin melancholia, from Greek, from melan + cholē bile more at gall Date: 14th century 1. a. an abnormal state attributed to an excess of black bile and&#8230; …

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  • 39Charles Mingus — Performance for the U.S. Bicentennial, New York City, July 4, 1976. Photo by Tom Marcello Background information Birth name Charles Mingus Jr …

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  • 40Seven deadly sins — For other uses, see Seven Deadly Sins (disambiguation). Hieronymus Bosch s The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things The 7 Deadly Sins, also known as the Capital Vices or Cardinal Sins, is a classification of objectionable vices that have&#8230; …

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