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irritatable

irritatable adjective: capable of being irritated; irritable.

Adjective

irritatable (comparative more irritatable, superlative most irritatable)

  1. Capable of being irritated; irritable.
    • Such a diet will be very proper for strong, vigorous constitutions; but for weak, delicate, or irritatable ones, it is sometimes highly improper.1788, F. Swediaur, Practical observations on the more obstinate and inveterate venereal complaints
    • The irritatable surfaces were confined to my head only. Not the spinal column nor the ganglionic centres along the thigh responded to this inexplicable force.1917, Louis Pope Gratacap, The End: How the Great War was Stopped : a Novelistic Vagary

Forms of irritatable

comparativemore irritatable
superlativemost irritatable

Origin of irritatable

From irritate + -able.

Questions about irritatable

What does irritatable mean?
Irritatable means capable of being irritated; irritable.
What part of speech is irritatable?
Irritatable is an adjective.

Words near irritatable in the dictionary

  1. irritances
  2. irritancies
  3. irritancy
  4. irritant
  5. irritants
  6. irritatable
  7. irritate
  8. irritated
  9. irritatedly
  10. irritates
  11. irritateth

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