irritation

English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Etymology

From Latin irritatio, from irritare (“to excite”)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

irritation (plural irritations)

1. The act of irritating, or exciting, or the state of being irritated; excitement; stimulation, usually of an undue and uncomfortable kind; especially, excitement of anger or passion; provocation; annoyance; anger.
2. The act of exciting, or the condition of being excited to action, by stimulation; -- as, the condition of an organ of sense, when its nerve is affected by some external body; especially, the act of exciting muscle fibers to contraction, by artificial stimulation; as, the irritation of a motor nerve by electricity; also, the condition of a muscle and nerve, under such stimulation.
3. A condition of morbid excitability or oversensitiveness of an organ or part of the body; a state in which the application of ordinary stimuli produces pain or excessive or vitiated action.

Translations

the act of irritating

• Catalan: irritació (ca) f
• French: irritation (fr) f

• Russian: раздражение (ru) (razdražénije) n
• Spanish: irritación (es) f

the act of exciting, or the condition of being excited to action, by stimulation

• Russian: возбуждение (ru) (vozbuždénije) n

Derived terms

• irritative
• irritant

Related terms

• irritate

External links

• irritation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• irritation in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /i.ʁi.tas.jɔ̃/ X-SAMPA: /i.Ri.tas.jO~/
• Rhymes: -ɔ̃
• Homophone: irritations

Noun

irritation f (plural irritations)

1. Irritation (all senses).