Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Angry; irritable; passionate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Irascible; choleric.
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- adjective rare
Angry ;irritable ;passionate ;irascible ;choleric .
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Examples
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And the '"steal Injun hoss!" iterated and reiterated by a dozen voices, and always with the most iracund emphasis, enabled Roland to form a proper conception of the sense in which his enemies held that offence, as well as of the great merits and wide-spread fame of his new ally, whose mere voice had thrown the red-men into such a ferment.
Nick of the Woods Robert M. Bird
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"I thought you were in it," replied the mayor, turning very red in the face, for he had heard of Mr. Pullwool as the leader of said ring; and being an iracund man, he was ready to knock his head off.
Stories by American Authors (Volume 4) Nathaniel Parker Willis 1875
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"By heavens!" exclaimed the iracund mayor, turning red again.
Stories by American Authors (Volume 4) Nathaniel Parker Willis 1875
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Watson's interests, was (if my childish remembrances do not greatly mislead me) the iracund Lord Thurlow.
Memorials and Other Papers — Volume 1 Thomas De Quincey 1822
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Watson's interests, was (if my childish remembrances do not greatly mislead me) the iracund Lord Thurlow.
Memorials and Other Papers — Complete Thomas De Quincey 1822
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