Saturday, December 16, 2023

The Four Humors

SANGUINE

blood, the spring sanguine. optimistic or positive. air. too much: hot and wet, sweating. produced by liver. 

CHOLERIC

yellow bile, the summer choleric. bad tempered or iritable. fire. hot and dry, parched.

PHLEGMATIC

phlegm, the autumnal phlegmatic, an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition. water. too much: cold and wet.

MELANCHOLY

black bile, the winter melancholy. a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause. earth. too much: cold and dry.


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