irascible

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Harvey Pekar -- irascible, schleppy malcontent; droll observer of life's minutiae; disagreeable

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  1. adjective Prone to outbursts of temper; easily angered.
  2. adjective Characterized by or resulting from anger.

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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin īrāscibilis, from Latin īrāscī, to be angry, from īra, anger; see eis- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from French irascible = Spanish irascible = Portuguese irascivel = Italian irascibile, from Late Latin irascibilis, from Latin irasci, be angry, from ira, anger: see ire.
 

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