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irascibility|ɪræsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ, aɪræs-|
[f. next: see -ity. Cf. F. irascibilité (1550 in Hatz.-Darm.).]
The quality of being irascible; proneness to anger, quickness of temper, irritability.
1750Johnson Rambler No. 40 ⁋1 They seldom fail of giving proofs of their irascibility upon the slightest attack of criticism. 1779–81― L.P., Pope Wks. IV. 83 Pope's irascibility prevailed. 1814D'Israeli Quarrels Auth. (1867) 301 The statements of Cibber..show sufficient motives to excite the poetic irascibility. 1861Reade Cloister & H. I. 117 The fallibility and irascibility of human nature. |