irascible
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From French irascible, from Late Latin īrāscibilis.
Pronunciation [edit]
- (UK, US) IPA: /ɪˈɹæs.ɪ.bəl/, /ɪˈɹæs.ə.bəl/, X-SAMPA: /I"r{s.I.b@l/, /I"r{s.@.b@l/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪbəl
Adjective [edit]
irascible (comparative more irascible, superlative most irascible)
- Easily provoked to outbursts of anger; irritable.
- 1809, Washington Irving, Knickerbocker's History of New York, ch. 16:
- . . . the surly and irascible passions which, like belligerent powers, lie encamped around the heart.
- 1863, Louisa May Alcott, Hospital Sketches, ch. 1:
- I am naturally irascible, and if I could have shaken this negative gentleman vigorously, the relief would have been immense.
- 1921, William Butler Yeats, Four Years, ch. 10:
- . . . a never idle man of great physical strength and extremely irascible—did he not fling a badly baked plum pudding through the window upon Xmas Day?
- 2004 Feb. 29, Daniel Kadlec, "Why He's Meanspan," Time:
- Alan Greenspan was on an irascible roll last week, first dissing everyone who holds a fixed-rate mortgage — suckers! — and later picking on folks who collect Social Security: Get back to work, Grandma.
- 1809, Washington Irving, Knickerbocker's History of New York, ch. 16:
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Related terms [edit]
Terms etymologically related to irascible
Translations [edit]
prone to anger
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References [edit]
- irascible at OneLook Dictionary Search
French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Late Latin īrāscibilis, from īrāscor (“grow angry”), from īra (“anger”)
Adjective [edit]
irascible (masculine and feminine, plural irascibles)
Anagrams [edit]
Spanish [edit]
Adjective [edit]
irascible m and f (plural irascibles)
