| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | i·ras·ci·ble |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -r s  -bl,  -rs- |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Prone to outbursts of temper; easily angered. 2. Characterized by or resulting from anger. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin r scibilis, from Latin rsc, to be angry, from ra, anger. See eis- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | i·ras ci·bili·ty, i·rasci·ble·ness —NOUN
i·rasci·bly —ADVERB
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