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Definition of irascible adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

irascible

adjective
 
/ɪˈræsəbl/
 
/ɪˈræsəbl/
(formal)
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  1. becoming angry very easily synonym irritableTopics Feelingsc2
    Word Originlate Middle English: via French from late Latin irascibilis, from Latin irasci ‘grow angry’, from ira ‘anger’.
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