irascible

From French irascible, from Late Latin īrāscibilis.

• (UK, General American) IPA^(key): /ɪˈɹæs.ɪ.bəl/, /ɪˈɹæs.ə.bəl/

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• Rhymes: -ɪbəl

irascible (comparative more irascible, superlative most irascible)

1. Easily provoked to outbursts of anger; irritable.
   • 1809, Diedrich Knickerbocker [pseudonym; Washington Irving], A History of New York, from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), New York, N.Y.: Inskeep & Bradford, […], OCLC 426050984:

     chapter 16

     […] the surly and irascible passions which, like belligerent powers, lie encamped around the heart.

   • 1863, Louisa May Alcott, “chapter 1”, in Hospital Sketches:

     I am naturally irascible, and if I could have shaken this negative gentleman vigorously, the relief would have been immense.

   • 1921, William Butler Yeats, “chapter 10”, in Four Years:

     […] a never idle man of great physical strength and extremely irascible—did he not fling a badly baked plum pudding through the window upon Xmas Day?

   • 2004 Feb. 29, Daniel Kadlec, “Why He's Meanspan”, in Time‎:

     Alan Greenspan was on an irascible roll last week, first dissing everyone who holds a fixed-rate mortgage — suckers! — and later picking on folks who collect Social Security: Get back to work, Grandma.

• cantankerous, choleric, cranky, ill-tempered, hot-tempered

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From Latin īrāscibilis.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /i.ɾəˈsi.blə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /i.ɾaˈsi.ble/

irascible (masculine and feminine plural irascibles)

1. irascible

• ira
• irascibilitat

• “irascible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “irascible”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “irascible” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “irascible” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Borrowed from Late Latin īrāscibilis, from īrāscor (“grow angry”), from īra (“anger”).

• IPA^(key): /i.ʁa.sibl/

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irascible (plural irascibles)

1. irascible

• irascibilité
• ire

• “irascible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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From Latin īrāscibilis.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /iɾasˈθible/ [i.ɾasˈθi.β̞le]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /iɾaˈsible/ [i.ɾaˈsi.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -ible
• Syllabification: i‧ras‧ci‧ble

irascible (plural irascibles)

1. irascible

• irascibilidad

• “irascible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014