irascibility
(ɪræsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ, aɪræs-)
[f. next: see -ity. Cf. F. irascibilité (1550 in Hatz.-Darm.).]
The quality of being irascible; proneness to anger, quickness of temper, irritability.
| 1750 Johnson Rambler No. 40 ¶1 They seldom fail of giving proofs of their irascibility upon the slightest attack of criticism. 1779–81 ― L.P., Pope Wks. IV. 83 Pope's irascibility prevailed. 1814 D'Israeli Quarrels Auth. (1867) 301 The statements of Cibber..show sufficient motives to excite the poetic irascibility. 1861 Reade Cloister & H. I. 117 The fallibility and irascibility of human nature. |