different between irritative vs revertent

English

Etymology

irritate +? -ive

Adjective

irritative (comparative more irritative, superlative most irritative)

1. serving to excite or irritate

2. accompanied with, or produced by, increased action or irritation
   • 1794, Erasmus Darwin, Zoonomia; or the Laws of Organic Life

     For the irritative ideas of the apparent motions of objects are now excited by irritation from internal stimulus

Noun

irritative (plural irritatives)

1. Any substance causing irritation; an irritant.

French

Adjective

irritative

1. feminine singular of irritatif

Italian

Adjective

irritative

1. feminine plural of irritativo

Anagrams

• irritatevi
• ritiratevi

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???v??(?)t?nt/

Noun

revertent (plural revertents)

1. (medicine, obsolete) A remedy which restores the natural order of the inverted irritative motions in the animal system.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of E. Darwin to this entry?)

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: reverte, revertes

Verb

revertent

1. third-person plural present indicative of reverter
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of reverter

Latin

Verb

revertent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of revert?