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irascible

English

Etymology

From French irascible, from Late Latin ?r?scibilis.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /???æs.?.b?l/, /???æs.?.b?l/
  • Rhymes: -?b?l

Adjective

irascible (comparative more irascible, superlative most irascible)

  1. Easily provoked to outbursts of anger; irritable.
    • 1809, Washington Irving, Knickerbocker's History of New York, ch. 16:
      . . . the surly and irascible passions which, like belligerent powers, lie encamped around the heart.
    • 1863, Louisa May Alcott, Hospital Sketches, ch. 1:
      I am naturally irascible, and if I could have shaken this negative gentleman vigorously, the relief would have been immense.
    • 1921, William Butler Yeats, Four Years, ch. 10:
      . . . 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," 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.

Synonyms

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

Related terms

Translations

References

  • irascible at OneLook Dictionary Search

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin ?r?scibilis, from ?r?scor (grow angry), from ?ra (anger)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i.?a.sibl/

Adjective

irascible (plural irascibles)

  1. irascible

Related terms

  • ire

Further reading

  • “irascible” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

  • ciblerais

Spanish

Adjective

irascible (plural irascibles)

  1. irascible

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infamous

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin infamosus, from Latin infamis. Displaced native Old English unhl?sful.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: ?n?f?-m?s, IPA(key): /??nf?m?s/

Adjective

infamous (comparative more infamous, superlative most infamous)

  1. Having a bad reputation, disreputable; notoriously bad, unpleasant or evil; widely known, especially for something bad.
    He was an infamous traitor.
    He was an infamous perjurer.
  2. Causing infamy; disgraceful.
    This infamous deed tarnishes all involved.
  3. (Britain, historical) Subject to a judicial punishment that deprived the infamous person of certain rights; this included a prohibition against holding public office, exercising the franchise, receiving a public pension, serving on a jury, or giving testimony in a court of law.

Derived terms

  • infamously
  • infamousness
  • infamy

Translations

References

  • Oxford English Dictionary

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