Emily Dickinson Lexicon

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.]

1. 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.
2. 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.]

1. Wanting in reverence and veneration; not entertaining or manifesting due regard to the Supreme Being.
2. Proceeding from irreverence; expressive of a want of veneration; as, an irreverent thought, word or phrase.
3. Wanting in respect to superiors. Milton.

IR-REV'ER-ENT-LY, adv.

1. Without due regard to the authority and character of the Supreme Being; in an irreverent manner.
2. 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That can not be reversed; that can not be recalled, repealed or annulled; as, an irreversible decree or sentence.

IR-RE-VERS'I-BLE-NESS, n.

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Not to be recalled or revoked; that can not be reversed, repealed or annulled; as, an irrevocable decree, sentence, edict or doom; irrevocable fate; an irrevocable promise.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.]

1. To water; to wet; to moisten; to bedew. Ray.
2. 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.

1. The act of watering or moistening.
2. In agriculture, the operation of causing water to flow over lands for nourishing plants.

IR-RIG'U-OUS, a. [L. irriguus. See Irrigate.]

1. Watered; watery; moist. The flowery lap / Of some irriguous valley spreads her store. Milton.
2. 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.]

1. Susceptibility of excitement; the quality of being easily irritated or exasperated; as, irritability of temper.
2. 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.]

1. Susceptible of excitement, or of heat and action, as animal bodies.
2. Very susceptible of anger or passion; easily inflamed or exasperated; as, an irritable temper.
3. 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.