Irascibility


[ih-ras-uh-buh l] /ɪˈræs ə bəl/

adjective
1.
easily provoked to anger; very irritable:
an irascible old man.
2.
characterized or produced by anger:
an irascible response.
/ɪˈræsɪbəl/
adjective
1.
easily angered; irritable
2.
showing irritability: an irascible action
n.

1750, from irascible + -ity.
adj.

late 14c., from Middle French irascible (12c.) and directly from Late Latin irascibilis, from Latin irasci “be angry, be in a rage,” from ira “anger” (see ire).

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