Word of the Day for Tuesday, April 5, 2011
irascible \ih-RASS-uh-buhl\, adjective:
Prone to anger; easily provoked to anger; hot-tempered.
The B.O. is showing his irascible side in confronting Congress over the budget!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
The lawyer described his client as an irascible eighty-two-year-old eccentric who alternated between spinning fascinating tales about her past and cussing him out.-- Jack Olsen, Hastened to the Grave
His father was an irascible and boastful bully, a heavy drinker and a gambler.-- Robin Waterfield, Prophet: The Life and Times of Kahlil Gibran
Irascible is from Latin irascibilis, "prone to anger," from ira, "anger," which is also the source of ire and irate.
No comments:
Post a Comment