| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | i·rate |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -r t , rt |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Extremely angry; enraged. See synonyms at angry. 2. Characterized or occasioned by anger: an irate phone call. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin rtus, past participle of rsc, to be angry, from ra, anger. See eis- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | i·rately —ADVERB
i·rateness —NOUN
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