Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: IR-RE-VEAL'A-BLE – IR'RI-TANT
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IR-RE-VEAL'A-BLE, a.
That may not be revealed.
IR-RE-VEAL'A-BLY, adv.
So as not to be revealable.
IR-REV'ER-ENCE, n. [L. irreverentia; in and reverentia. See Reverence.]
- Want of reverence, or want of veneration; want of a due regard to the authority and character of the Supreme Being. Irreverence toward God is analogous to disrespect toward man.
- The state of being disregarded; applied to men. But this word is appropriately applicable to the Supreme Being and to his laws and institutions.
IR-REV'ER-ENT, a. [Fr.; in and reverent.]
- Wanting in reverence and veneration; not entertaining or manifesting due regard to the Supreme Being.
- Proceeding from irreverence; expressive of a want of veneration; as, an irreverent thought, word or phrase.
- Wanting in respect to superiors. Milton.
IR-REV'ER-ENT-LY, adv.
- Without due regard to the authority and character of the Supreme Being; in an irreverent manner.
- Without due respect to superiors.
IR-RE-VERS'I-BLE, a. [in and reversible.]
That can not be reversed; that can not be recalled, repealed or annulled; as, an irreversible decree or sentence.
State of being irreversible.
IR-RE-VERS'I-BLY, adv.
In a manner which precludes a reversal or repeal.
IR-RE-VO-CA-BIL'I-TY, or IR-REV'O-CA-BLE-NESS, n.
State of being irrevocable.
IR-REV'O-CA-BLE, a. [Fr. from L. irrevocabilis; in and revocabilis, revoco; re and voco, to call.]
Not to be recalled or revoked; that can not be reversed, repealed or annulled; as, an irrevocable decree, sentence, edict or doom; irrevocable fate; an irrevocable promise. Milton. Dryden.
IR-REV'O-CA-BLY, adv.
Beyond recall; in a manner precluding repeal.
IR-RE-VOK'A-BLE, a. [in and revokable.]
Not to be recalled; irrevocable. Asiat. Res.
IR-REV'O-LU-BLE, a.
That has no revolution. [Not used.] Milton.
IR'RI-GATE, v.t. [L. irrigo; in and rigo, to water.]
- To water; to wet; to moisten; to bedew. Ray.
- To water, as land, by causing a stream to flow upon it and spread over it.
IR'RI-GA-TED, pp.
Watered; moistened.
IR'RI-GA-TING, ppr.
Watering; wetting; moistening.
IR-RI-GA'TION, n.
- The act of watering or moistening.
- In agriculture, the operation of causing water to flow over lands for nourishing plants.
IR-RIG'U-OUS, a. [L. irriguus. See Irrigate.]
- Watered; watery; moist. The flowery lap / Of some irriguous valley spreads her store. Milton.
- Dewy; moist. Philips.
IR-RIS'ION, n. [s as z. L. irrisio, irrideo; in and rideo, to laugh.]
The act of laughing at another. Woodward.
IR-RI-TA-BIL'I-TY, n. [from irritable.]
- Susceptibility of excitement; the quality of being easily irritated or exasperated; as, irritability of temper.
- In physiology, one of the four faculties of the sensorium, by which fibrous contractions are caused in consequence of the irritations excited by external bodies. Darwin. Irritability differs from sensibility; the most irritable parts of the body not being at all sensible, and vice versa. The heart is endued with the greatest irritability. Haller. Encyc.
IR'RI-TA-BLE, a. [from irritate.]
- Susceptible of excitement, or of heat and action, as animal bodies.
- Very susceptible of anger or passion; easily inflamed or exasperated; as, an irritable temper.
- In physiology, susceptible of contraction, in consequence of the appulse of an external body. In general, there is nothing irritable in the animal body, but the muscular fibres. Haller. Encyc.
IR'RI-TA-BLY, adv.
In an irritable manner.
IR'RI-TAN-CY, n.
The state of being irritant.
IR'RI-TANT, a.
Irritating.
IR'RI-TANT, n.
That which excites or irritates. Rush.