Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for I-RAS'CI-BLE
I-RAS-CI-BIL'I-TY, or I-RAS'CI-BLE-NESSI-RAS'CI-BLY
I-RAS'CI-BLE, a. [Fr. from L. irascor, from ira. See Ire.]
Very susceptible of anger; easily provoked or inflamed with resentment; irritable; as an irascible man; an irascible temper.
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