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irascible

[ ih-ras-uh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. easily provoked to anger; very irritable:

    an irascible old man.

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  2. characterized or produced by anger:

    an irascible response.

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irascible

/ ɪˈ°ùæ²õɪ²úÉ™±ô /

adjective

  1. easily angered; irritable
  2. showing irritability

    an irascible action

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Derived Forms

  • ¾±ËŒ°ù²¹²õ³¦¾±Ëˆ²ú¾±±ô¾±³Ù²â, noun
  • ¾±Ëˆ°ù²¹²õ³¦¾±²ú±ô²â, adverb
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  • ¾±Â·°ù²¹²õc¾±Â·²ú±ô²â adverb
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of irascible1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English irascibel from Late Latin Ä«°ùÄå²õ³¦¾±²ú¾±±ô¾±²õ, equivalent to Latin Ä«°ùÄå²õ³¦- (stem of Ä«°ùÄå²õ³¦Ä« “to grow angryâ€; equivalent to Ä«°ù(²¹) ire + -Äå- theme vowel + -sc- inchoative suffix + -Ä« infinitive ending; -esce ) + -ibilis -ible
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of irascible1

C16: from Late Latin Ä«°ù²¹²õ³¦¾±²ú¾±±ô¾±²õ, from Latin Ä«°ù²¹ anger
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She’s fighting patriarchal powers greater than herself, but she’s not to be underestimated, even if the production doesn’t quite clarify why everyone is in love with this stunning if rather irascible and self-involved young woman.

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“A person who would define not just the sound of underground music through the next two decades, but also its discourse — the irascible, outspoken, intelligent and relentlessly ethical Steve Albini.â€

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"We love him. He was intrepid, he was funny, he was gruff, he was irascible, he was beautiful."

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The club identifies, correctly, as a titan, and — under Pérez’s stewardship, in particular — it has taken great pride in living the values associated with the classical definition of that term: impetuous, impulsive, irascible.

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Such a scourging faith projects the faithful into a vast unknown between humans and their unknowable, sometimes irascible God.

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