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irritatable en · ADJ

Etymology

From irritate + -able.

Meanings

1. Capable of being irritated; irritable.
   • The irritatable surfaces were confined to my head only. Not the spinal column nor the ganglionic centres along the thigh responded to this inexplicable force. 1917, Louis Pope Gratacap, The End: How the Great War was Stopped : a Novelistic Vagary:
   • Such a diet will be very proper for strong, vigorous constitutions; but for weak, delicate, or irritatable ones, it is sometimes highly improper. 1788, F. Swediaur, Practical observations on the more obstinate and inveterate venereal complaints:

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