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irascible
What does irascible mean?
irascible (adjective): quickly aroused to anger.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use irascible in a sentence?
- He has an impetuous and irascible character. (Tatoeba sentence #9671784 by shekitten, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce irascible?
/ɪˈɹæsɪbəl/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does irascible come from?
From Middle English, from Old French irascible, from Late Latin īrāscibilis, from Latin īrāscī (“to be angry, enraged”) + -bilis.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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