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iracund

[ ahy-ruh-kuhnd ]

adjective

  1. prone to anger; irascible.


iracund

/ ˈ²¹ÉªÉ™°ùəˌ°ìÊŒ²Ô»å /

adjective

  1. rare.
    easily angered
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ËŒ¾±°ù²¹Ëˆ³¦³Ü²Ô»å¾±³Ù²â, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of iracund1

1815–25; < Latin Ä«°ùÄ峦³Ü²Ô»å³Ü²õ, equivalent to Ä«°ùÄå- ( irate ) + -cundus inclined to (adj. suffix)
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of iracund1

C19: from Latin Ä«°ùÄ峦³Ü²Ô»å³Ü²õ, from Ä«°ù²¹ anger
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Example Sentences

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"I thought you were in it," replied the mayor, turning very red in the face, for he had heard of Mr. Pullwool as the leader of said ring; and being an iracund man, he was ready to knock his head off.

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"By heavens!" exclaimed the iracund mayor, turning red again.

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A fat, just man, he too; probably somewhat iracund; not without troubles in his House.

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And he lodges with old Count Flemming and his clever fashionable Madam,—the diligent but unsuccessful Flemming, a courtier of the highest civility, though iracund, and "with a passion for making Treaties," whom we know since Charles XII.'s time.

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An iracund bear, of dangerous proportions, and justly irritated against us at present?

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