iracund

English

Etymology

From Latin iracundus.

Adjective

iracund (comparative more iracund, superlative most iracund)

1. (rare) Angry; irritable

   Synonyms: irascible, choleric

   • 1858, Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich II of Prussia: Called Frederick the Great, published 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, edited by W. H. Ainsworth, 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 […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “iracund”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Crindau, candiru, candirú