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vexation
English
Etymology
From Middle English vexacioun, from Old French vexacion, from Latin vex?ti?; synchronically analyzable as vex +? -ation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /v?k?se???n/
- Hyphenation: vex?a?tion
Noun
vexation (countable and uncountable, plural vexations)
- The act of annoying, vexing, or irritating.
- The state of being vexed or irritated.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 55
- He gave the doctor a look of vexation. He was surprised to see him, and resented the intrusion.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 55
Related terms
- vex
- vexed
- vexing
- vexatious
Translations
Anagrams
- vanoxite
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /v?k.sa.sj??/
Noun
vexation f (plural vexations)
- insult
- humiliation
- harassment
Related terms
- vexant
- vexatoire
- vexer
Further reading
- “vexation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle English
Noun
vexation
- Alternative form of vexacioun
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ire
English
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /a??/
- (UK) IPA(key): /a?.?(?)/
- Rhymes: -a??(r)
Etymology 1
From Middle English ire, yre, shortened form of iren (“coiron”). More at iron.
Noun
ire
- (obsolete) Iron.
- the cruel ire, red as any glede
Etymology 2
From Middle English ire, from Old French ire (“ire”), from Latin ?ra (“wrath, rage”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?eysh?- (“to fall upon, act sharply”) (compare Old English ofost (“haste, zeal”), Old Norse eisa (“to race forward”), Ancient Greek ????? (hierós, “supernatural, holy”), ??????? (oîstros, “frenzy; gadfly”), Avestan ????????????????????? (aesma, “anger”), Sanskrit ???? (e?ati, “to drive on”)).
Noun
ire (uncountable)
- (literary, poetic) Great anger; wrath; keen resentment.
- That lord is now of Thebes the Citee,
- Fulfild of ire and of iniquitee,
- He, for despit and for his tirannye,
- To do the dede bodyes vileynye,
- Of alle oure lordes, whiche that been slawe,
- Hath alle the bodyes on an heep ydrawe,
- And wol nat suffren hem, by noon assent,
- Neither to been yburyed nor ybrent.
- She lik'd not his desire; Fain would be free but dreadeth parents ire
- 1390, John Gower, Confessio Amantis
- "My good father, tell me this;
- "What thing is ire?
- Sonne, it is That in our English wrath is hote."
Synonyms
- fury
- rage
- wrath
Related terms
Translations
Verb
ire (third-person singular simple present ires, present participle iring, simple past and past participle ired)
- (transitive) To anger; to fret; to irritate.
Translations
References
- ire in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- ire in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- -ier, EIR, Eri., Rie, eir, rei, rie
Dongxiang
Etymology
From Proto-Mongolic *ire-, compare Mongolian ???? (irekh), Daur irgw.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i?r?/, [i???]
Verb
ire
- to come
Derived terms
- iregva (“to make come”)
- iredan (“manner of coming”)
French
Etymology
From Latin ?ra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i?/
- Rhymes: -i?
Noun
ire f (plural ires)
- (archaic, literary or poetic) ire, anger
- Synonym: colère
Further reading
- “ire” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- rie
Italian
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
ire f
- plural of ira
Etymology 2
From Latin ?re, present active infinitive of e?.
Verb
ìre (no first-person singular present, no first-person singular past historic, past participle ìto, second-person singular imperative ìte, auxiliary essere)
- (obsolete, regional, literary) to go
- Synonyms: andare, gire
Conjugation
- Highly defective. Only the following forms are found in current regional use:
- ite (second person plural present indicative and imperative)
- ito (past participle, and hence all composed tenses)
- The following additional forms are found in archaic or poetic use:
- ìva, ìvano (third person singular and plural imperfect indicative)
- irémo, iréte (first and second person plural future indicative)
- ìsti, ìrono (second person singular and third person plural past historic)
- èa (singular present subjuncive)
Anagrams
- eri, rei, riè
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?i?.re/, [?i???]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?i.re/, [?i???]
Verb
?re
- present active infinitive of e?
References
- ire in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia?[1]
Middle English
Etymology 1
Determiner
ire
- Alternative form of hire (“her”)
Pronoun
ire
- Alternative form of hire (“hers”)
Etymology 2
Pronoun
ire
- Alternative form of hire (“her”)
Etymology 3
Noun
ire
- Alternative form of ere (“ear”)
Etymology 4
Determiner
ire
- Alternative form of here (“their”)
Etymology 5
From Old French ire (“ire”) or Latin ?ra (“wrath, rage”). See English ire for more.
Noun
ire (uncountable)
- anger; wrath
References
- “?re, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Middle French
Etymology
Old French ire < Latin ?ra.
Noun
ire f (plural ires)
- ire; rage; fury
Descendants
- French: ire
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
ire m (definite singular iren, indefinite plural irer, definite plural irene)
- person from Ireland, Irishman.
- Synonyms: irlender, irlending
Related terms
- Republikken Irland, Irland
- irsk
References
- “ire” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
ire m (definite singular iren, indefinite plural irar, definite plural irane)
- person from Ireland, Irishman.
- Synonyms: irlendar, irlending
Related terms
- Republikken Irland, Irland
- irsk
References
- “ire” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French
Etymology
Latin ?ra.
Noun
ire f (oblique plural ires, nominative singular ire, nominative plural ires)
- ire, anger, rage
Descendants
- ? English: ire
- French: ire (now rare)
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (ire)
- ire on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Old Saxon
Alternative forms
- ira, iro, iru
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hiz.
Pronoun
ire
- Alternative form of ira
Declension
Portuguese
Verb
ire
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of irar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of irar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of irar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of irar
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