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iracund
[ ahy-ruh-kuhnd ]
adjective
- prone to anger; irascible.
iracund
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adjective
- rare.easily angered
Derived Forms
- ËŒ¾±°ù²¹Ëˆ³¦³Ü²Ô»å¾±³Ù²â, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ¾±î€…r²¹Â·³¦³Ü²Ôd¾±Â·³Ù²â noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of iracund1
Example Sentences
"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.
"By heavens!" exclaimed the iracund mayor, turning red again.
A fat, just man, he too; probably somewhat iracund; not without troubles in his House.
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.
An iracund bear, of dangerous proportions, and justly irritated against us at present?
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