(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:32:25

I*ras"ci*ble (?), a. [L. irascibilis, fr. irasci to be angry, ira anger: cf. F. irascible. See Ire.]

Prone to anger; easily provoked or inflamed to anger; choleric; irritable; as, an irascible man; an irascible temper or mood.

-- I*ras"ci*ble*ness, n. -- I*ras"ci*bly, adv.

 

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