Etymology

irritable

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Today it means: Capable of being irritated. Full definition →

French irritable ← Latin irritabilis
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  1. Latin · derived fromirritabilis
  2. French · borrowed fromirritable
  3. English todayirritable

Borrowed from French irritable, from Latin irritabilis.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.