irascibility

English

Etymology

From irascible +‎ -ity.

Pronunciation

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Noun

irascibility (countable and uncountable, plural irascibilities)

1. The quality of being irascible; irritability of temper.
   • 2024, Jeremy B. Rudd, A Practical Guide to Macroeconomics, p. 232

     One valid response to all this “you kids off my lawn” irascibility is that the questions in economics are hard – really, really hard.

Related terms

• irascible
• irascibleness
• irascibly

Translations

proneness to anger

• Bulgarian: раздразнителност (bg) f (razdraznitelnost), избухливост (bg) f (izbuhlivost)
• Catalan: irascibilitat f
• French: irascibilité (fr) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: ὀξυθυμία f (oxuthumía)

• Italian: irascibilità (it) f
• Latin: iracundia f
• Spanish: irascibilidad f, iracundia f

References

• “irascibility”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “irascibility”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.