Etymology

irritate

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Today it means: To provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure in. Full definition →

Latin irrītātus
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irritate · verb1

  1. Latin · borrowed fromirrītātus
  2. English todayirritate

Borrowed from Latin irrītātus, perfect passive participle of irrītō (“excite, irritate, incite, stimulate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

irritate · verb2

  1. Latin · borrowed fromirritātus
  2. English todayirritate

Borrowed from Latin irritātus, perfect passive participle of irritō (“to invalidate, render void, annul”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from irritus (“invalid”), the equivalent of in- + ratus (“valid, established, fixed”).

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