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Choleraic

Disease
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Relating to cholera or resembling its violent, purging symptoms. It suggests dehydration, panic, and polluted water.

Detailed Definition
Choleraic is an uncommon adjective that brings historical epidemic dread into a poem. Cholera has often been linked with contaminated water, rapid bodily collapse, crowded districts, and the terror of outbreaks that move along trade routes and rivers. A poet may use choleraic imagery to render a city’s filth and vulnerability palpable. Figuratively, the word can suggest a violent expulsion or a social condition poisoned at its source and difficult to purify.
Example
Example in poetry:
“A choleraic wind swept through the dockside lanes” gives the weather an atmosphere of contagion and panic; In a poem about contaminated water, “choleraic shadows gathered near the pump” alludes to disease spreading through a community; “Her choleraic thirst could not be quenched” uses the term metaphorically for desperate, destructive desire; A historical elegy might describe “choleraic streets emptied before noon” to show sudden public fear
Additional Notes
Its harsh sound and bodily associations suit poems of violent illness, polluted water, panic, and depletion.
Also Known As
Choleric Bilious Irascible Hot-Tempered
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