Irascibility
/ɪˌræsəˈbɪləti/noun
The tendency to become angry quickly or easily.
Did you know?Its Latin ancestor, ira, was not merely an emotion but a word poets used for wrath as a powerful, person-like force capable of overwhelming reason.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European (proposed)
PIE
*eis-
“To be passionate, vigorous, or agitated; a proposed ancestral root associated with Latin ira.”
Classical Latin
Latin
īra
“Anger, wrath, or rage.”
Classical Latin
Latin
īrāscī
“To become angry or grow wrathful.”
Late Latin
Latin
īrāscibilis
“Prone to anger; capable of becoming angry.”
Middle English
English
irascible
“Easily angered; hot-tempered.”
17th Century
English
irascibility
“The quality or tendency of being irascible.”
Modern English
English
irascibility
“A tendency toward quick or easily provoked anger.”