iracund
English
Etymology
From Latin iracundus.
Adjective
iracund (comparative more iracund, superlative most iracund)
- (rare) Angry; irritable
- Synonyms: irascible, choleric
- 1858, Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich II of Prussia: Called Frederick the Great, 1870, page 80,
- Dryasdust knows only that these Preussen were a strong-boned, iracund herdsman-and-fisher people; highly averse to be interfered with, in their religion especially.
- 1863, Robert Montgomery Bird, W. H. Ainsworth (editor), Nick of the Woods: A Story of Kentucky, Volume 1, page 93,
- 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 voice gad thrown the red-men into such a ferment.
- 2011, Vivien Kelly, Two Red Shoes, unnumbered page,
- She thought the man in the ticket booth looked charmingly rotund and friendly (in reality he was a lazy, iracund man), the light rain flowed down drainpipes and dripped off the roof like the water of a baptism, where all, and not just the baby, were blessed by God.
Translations
angry, irritable, passionate
References
- iracund in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- iracund in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- candiru, candirú