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- Latin · derived fromīrāscī“to be angry, enraged”
- Late Latin · derived fromīrāscibilis
- Old French · derived fromirascible
- English todayirascible
From Middle English, from Old French irascible, from Late Latin īrāscibilis, from Latin īrāscī (“to be angry, enraged”) + -bilis. See also -ible.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.