Word of the Day

irascible \ih-RASS-uh-buhl\,

adjective:

Prone to anger; easily provoked to anger; hot-tempered.


Irascible is from Latin irascibilis, "prone to anger," from ira, "anger," which is also the source of ire and irate.

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