irritant

From French.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪɹɪtənt/

irritant (not comparable)

1. Causing irritation or inflammation.
2. (law, Scotland) Rendering null and void; conditionally invalidating.
   • 1603, Hayward, An Answer to the first part of a certaine conference concerning succession

     The states elected Harry, Duke of Anjou, for their king, with this clause irritant; that, if he did violate any part of his oath, the people should owe him no allegiance.

irritant (plural irritants)

1. Any medication designed to cause irritation
2. A source of irritation.

irritant (masculine and feminine plural irritants)

1. irritating, annoying

irritant

1. present participle of irritar

Borrowed from French irritant.

• IPA^(key): /ˌi.riˈtɑnt/, /ˌɪ.riˈtɑnt/

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• Hyphenation: ir‧ri‧tant
• Rhymes: -ɑnt

irritant (comparative irritanter, superlative irritantst)

1. annoying, causing irritation or annoyance; vexatious

• vervelend
• ergerlijk

• irriteren
• irritatie

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irritant

1. present participle of irriter

irritant (feminine irritante, masculine plural irritants, feminine plural irritantes)

1. irritating; annoying

irritant m (plural irritants)

1. (medicine) irritant

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

irrītant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of irrītō