irritatory

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adjective

Producing irritation.

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Meanings

adjectiveirritatory (comparative more irritatory, superlative most irritatory)

comparative more irritatory · superlative most irritatory

  1. Producing irritation.

    For nothing hinders Wounds from cicatrising; more than concourse of Humor to the diseaſed Part ; and keeping things irritatory about the Orifice of the Wound

    1659, John Hales, Golden Remains of the Ever Memorable Mr. John Hales

Origin

From irritate + -ory.

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APA

irritatory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/irritatory

MLA

“irritatory.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/irritatory. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “irritatory,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/irritatory.

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