irritatory

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

irritate +‎ -ory

Adjective[edit]

irritatory (comparative more irritatory, superlative most irritatory)

  1. Producing irritation.
    • 1659, John Hales, Golden Remains of the Ever Memorable Mr. John Hales:
      For nothing hinders Wounds from cicatrising; more than concourse of Humor to the diseaſed Part ; and keeping things irritatory about the Orifice of the Wound

References[edit]

irritatory”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.